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> I think this is all a way of saying The Netherlands land is at a premium. Artificially at a premium because of local government (and by proxy their upper mid
by dmix 3y ago
> I think this is all a way of saying The Netherlands land is at a premium.
Artificially at a premium because of local government (and by proxy their upper midde backers). Or basically always why houses are expensive absent major population booms or extreme land shortages. So basically we can just call it "land is a premium" because people don't seem to care these days even though hypothetically people knocking on your door offering millions is very persuasive even to NIMBYs but that option is so out of reach for developers they don't even try to rally support (unless it's a mega project with people richer than the local powerbrokers).
- gamepsys 3y agoThe land is expensive. The people that own the land have capital. The people that own the land leverage their position of authority to influence local regulations. This is all just part of the premium.
- sofixa 3y agoI mean, if there are countries where one can legitimately say land is scarce, Netherlands is definitely one of them. Compare maps of the Netherlands today with 100 years ago and you can see they've done tons of land reclamation and draining projects. And it wasn't for fun, it was because they needed the land for agriculture and human settlement.
- Vinnl 3y agoAnd population density is way higher than most places in the US.
- looofooo0 3y agoSo they use less Land for housing!
- Vinnl 3y agoHaha, per person, yes, but even then I'm fairly sure that a way larger percentage of land is used for housing than it is in most areas in the US. As in, you really can't travel in a straight line for very long without encountering man-made structures anywhere in the Netherlands.