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> Its wild how the solution to housing costs is really just: > Build more housing. Keep law and order. Safety (law and order) increases housing costs, as you
by mmooss 8mo ago
> Its wild how the solution to housing costs is really just:
> Build more housing. Keep law and order.
Safety (law and order) increases housing costs, as you say. It's desireable on its own, but it does not solve housing cost. NYC is very safe and very expensive. Crime is way down in most of the US, and housing costs are much higher.
- pclowes 8mo agoNYC is fairly high density. Has stopped building massive new skyscrapers and has water on two sides. It is also a tier 1 global city culturally AND economically. Its not really reasonable to expect to be affordable.
- mmooss 8mo agoIt's been affordable for many generations, a destination for opportunity for the poorest people, including immigrants. It's only recently that things have become so absurd. > water on two sides Do you mean Manhattan, one of the five boroughs? It's an island. > stopped building massive new skyscrapers When? Why?