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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]

Er, NYC has politics too. And zoning.  And NIMBYs.

Its also got a huge concentration of jobs. Much bigger than DC.  And its housing construction has NOT kept pace with job growth. Which has been said over and over, and the folks KEEP reciting the talking point "Well NYC IS dense and expensive".   Zombie talking point that has been shown to be misleading again and again.

Is there a bot writing the NIMBY talking points? [/quote]

i think the general notion here is that increasing density is not a new idea. just because it's a hot topic with you and your friends down at the student union doesnt mean no one else has thought of it before. "cities need lots of housing," is not some incredible insight. cities have been getting more dense for decades, and yet none have become oases of affordable housing. if increasing density was the answer, why isn't there a single example anywhere of it working? why isn't there a single large city where lots of people want to live, where affordable housing is plentiful? to say, "well, everyone is just doing is wrong and they should really just be listening to me" is not very satisfying.  [/quote]

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