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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If there was a way for governments to create lots of affordable housing in places where many people want to live, they would have figured it out by now.

People act like these issues are new, but cities like New York have been dealing with these questions for at least 150 years. And yet NYC is the (or among the) most expensive housing markets in the US (and also the most densely populated).

Folks on this thread seem to think there's easy answers here, but if there were, someone or some place, like NYC, would have already done it by now. [/quote]

This. [/quote]

It's funny how the most densely populated cities in America -- NYC, San Francisco, Los Angeles, DC, Boston -- are also the most expensive cities in America. It's the places that aren't densely populated that are the most affordable. [/quote]

Philly and Chicago are also dense, and not so expensive. Austin and Silicon Valley are not so dense, but are very expensive. Hell Boulder Colorado is expensive.

Some might say that demand for housing (mostly driven by job growth)  exceeding supply is what makes cities expensive. [/quote]

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