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> That doesn't sound right. Which is usually how these arguments go. Are there more or fewer homeless people in the US than in 1982? There are fewer. Is the
by ajross 1y ago
> That doesn't sound right.
Which is usually how these arguments go.
Are there more or fewer homeless people in the US than in 1982? There are fewer. Is the number of people per household larger or smaller than in 1982? It is smaller. Is the average home larger or smaller than in 1982? It is larger (very significantly so). Do the math. We're building housing faster than population growth. QED.
And, overwhelmingly, we're building that housing in suburban sprawl, because that's where it's cheap to build housing.
Now, there are many arguments about whether this is good or bad or whether policies could be better or worse. And I think you'd find you agree with me on more than you don't.
But statements like the above that seem to take as a prior that "massive immigration" (sigh, again) is somehow creating an infrastructure crises are simply wrong. Period. Start with correct arguments, then tune. Don't yell about one because your priors tell you it "doesn't sound right".