I think housing is the biggest problem here, the ideology-based encouragement of homeownership led to homeowners voting for people who would protect their “””””

I think housing is the biggest problem here, the ideology-based encouragement of homeownership led to homeowners voting for people who would protect their “””””investment””””” and preserve their particular lifestyle. Restrictive zoning and well meaning but restrictive laws (affordable housing requirements, minimum floor area, union labour requirement, countless procedural burdens) mean that we will effectively never have the Japan housing situation in the US