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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Condos mean more people in a given area. Which means more bars and restaurants. Which means more people want to live there. Which drives up the prices of those condos. Which drives up the prices of houses developers need to buy and tear down in order to build more condos. Which means even more people in a given area. Which means more bars and restaurants, which means more people want to live there, which drives up the prices even further.

People understood intuitively before we changed the term “gentrification” to “upzoning.”[/quote]

[b]There isn’t a coherent explanation of how changing zoning laws reduce housing prices. [/b]Typically the opposite happens — prices go up, by a lot. [/quote]

There is, and it's based on supply and demand. Just like "gentrification" and "upzoning" are different things, so "there is no explanation" and "I don't like the explanation" are different things, too.[/quote]

So what’s the explanation? [/quote]

https://googlethatforyou.com?q=housing%20zoning%20supply%20demand[/quote]

‘If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.’ —Albert Einstein[/quote]

Very weird that no one can explain how upzoning reduces housing prices[/quote]

If upzoning doesn’t reduce housing prices, then what is the point of upzoning?[/quote]

more people have homes[/quote]

Not really. Upzoning just means more housing for childless adults and a lot less housing for people with kids, and a whole lot less housing for larger families. What's the point of pushing out people with multiple kids? That seems like a stupid goal. [/quote]

You need to get together with the poster who opposes housing for for families because additional kids in school are a net negative for tax revenue. And, I guess, the goal of county policies should be to maximize tax revenue, or something.[/quote]

Funny how it’s totally cool for a single adult to live in a 1000 square foot apartment but it’s really selfish for a family of five to live in a 1500 square foot house[/quote]

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