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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]YIMBYS/Market Urbanists have officially lost the argument. Nationally, people prefer low density suburbs. That is what they want. The data speaks for itself.

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Different pp here.  Your link doesn't show what you think it does.  While it does show population growth in areas over time, it doesn't actually prove your point that the argument is "lost".  You would have to do a similar study and ask people why they're living in the suburbs because many people want a house but cannot afford it in the city which they prefer.  They don't want to live in a condo forever but perhaps they would live in a rowhouse but they cost too much therefore they moved out of the city.[/quote]

Yep. People go to where the housing is cheapest. Housing is cheapest in undesirable, low-density exurbs full of new-build subdivisions.

Just another desperate NIMBY distorting facts post-hoc to fit their narrative.[/quote]

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