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Re:Why California is so expensive: It’s not just the weather... by davidw on Tuesday July 19, 2016 @05:11PM (#12124944)
Yes, much of Europe provides an adequate supply of housing. It's not done via massive skyscrapers, but lots of 2/3/4 story buildings that make effective use of space.
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Re:Why California is so expensive: It’s not just the weather... by raverbashing on Tuesday July 19, 2016 @05:32PM (#12125096)
"Adequate" is being nice

In the end, skyscrapers, while having problems, allow for bigger units (on average) in comparison to Europe

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Re:Why California is so expensive: It’s not just the weather... by hx87 on Tuesday July 19, 2016 @05:48PM (#12125194)
Adequate in Western Europe is adequate in the Bay Area or NYC. We're not talking about Hong Kong or Tokyo here.
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Re:Why California is so expensive: It’s not just the weather... by uola on Tuesday July 19, 2016 @09:12PM (#12126194)
The unsurprising problem is that the bay area isn't one of the European cities that grew dense and people therefore like to take as an example. It's very like that if the bay area want to grow significantly it has to do so with a business district on mostly vacant land.
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