• gregorum
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        7 months ago

        don’t sprain something with those mental gymnastics

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          7 months ago

          Homeowners pulling the ladder up after them is the single largest driver of our housing crisis. You literally cannot build more housing in the areas we most need it, due to regulations pushed for, and at times written by, local homeowners.

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              7 months ago

              Yes. They didn’t even start doing that until the investment became worth it.

              NIMBYism is the cause of this problem. We need to build for density, change property tax laws where they’ve been rigged, and encourage building wherever possible.