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> A city NEEDS to have people of all ages, backgrounds, income levels etc in it to not die. Correct. Therefore, subsidized housing is good and more of it is be
by krona 3y ago
> A city NEEDS to have people of all ages, backgrounds, income levels etc in it to not die.
Correct. Therefore, subsidized housing is good and more of it is better? No, it does not follow.
What you say is correct, to a degree. Beyond that, it is incorrect. There are no solutions, only trade-offs.
- TimPC 3y agoIf you agree the city dies without people of all ages backgrounds and income levels what is your alternative proposal to subsidized housing. It's just a fact that some income levels are being priced out of the city and certain occupations may become entirely unavailable without some mechanism of solving that gap.
- krona 3y agoEither you willingly misunderstood my comment, or you are so absolutist in your thinking that you're incapable of understanding the concept of a limiting principle in social policy.
- eszed 3y agoWhoa whoa, dude. You're being unnecessarily hostile. GP's question was a fair one, and not (by my reading) unkindly phrased. Even if I'm wrong about that, personal attacks aren't welcome contributions: flag and move on.
- krona 3y agoBeing strawmanned in the most mundane and cliched of ways is deserving of opprobrium. HN is better than that. It's tiresome.
- dantheman 3y agoBuilding more types of housing. It's simple - allow people to build, allow denser construction, allow smaller apartments, etc. Hell most of NYC would not be allowed to be built today because the apartments are too small -- yet these are the most desirable areas...