rezonetheburbs

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   by rezonetheburbs 7y ago

   You have the causality mixed up. Housing isn't inherently expensive in cities. Building housing costs about the same everywhere, but land is expensive because of artificial scarcity. It's amazing how much America has and yet there
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   by rezonetheburbs 7y ago

   You're being downvoted, but you're not wrong. Under the guise of things like public-private partnerships, public money is increasingly funneled to private interests. Look at the humble TIF. Does your city need a big-ass stadium th
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   by rezonetheburbs 7y ago

   Or we could put the buildings closer together and not separate them by purpose. A mile of road goes much further if there's housing AND commercial that doesn't require an expensive, large automobile just to get from A to B.