Re:Let’s not demonize driving, just stop subsidizing it
by innocentoldguy on Friday February 17, 2017 @01:54AM
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The reason rent in the cities is so high is that people are already renting/buying the available places to rent, so there is a scarcity. It isn't like all these places are standing vacant, waiting for government to force down pricing so people can move in. People have already moved in. The city is fully occupied. All you'd accomplish by forcing property owners to lower their rents, via amoral means I might add, is getting the people who already live there a better deal on their rent. You haven't really solved anything at all, pertaining to the content of this thread, have you?
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Re:Let’s not demonize driving, just stop subsidizing it
by kazagistar on Friday February 17, 2017 @02:43AM
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There are plenty of ways to lower costs... If you remove density restrictions and bad zoning laws, some developer will eventually buy up enough low density housing and build much higher density appartments (or local stores), especially if subsidized.
Re:Let’s not demonize driving, just stop subsidizing it
by JoBrad on Friday February 17, 2017 @08:32AM
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Thing is, density restrictions help neighborhoods survive extreme growth. Connection to your neighbors, and retention of the qualities that attracted you to the city in the first place are vital for a city to retain their population.
Regulation certainly needs to be updated, but favoring density is not always a good thing.
Re:Let’s not demonize driving, just stop subsidizing it
by Arizhel on Friday February 17, 2017 @01:19PM
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"Connection to your neighbors"? When low-density housing means that houses cost several million dollars apiece, that means you're trying to preserve the "uniqueness" of the city center for a bunch of millionaires. I fail to see why I should care about them.
Re:Let’s not demonize driving, just stop subsidizing it
by JoBrad on Saturday February 18, 2017 @06:33PM
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Low density housing doesn't mean million dollar pricing in a lot of cities. When a neighborhood of single-family homes is torn down to make duplexes and condos, the connection between neighbors is certainly broken. The neighborhood can also lose the appeal that drew residents in the first place.
Re:Let’s not demonize driving, just stop subsidizing it
by wott on Friday February 17, 2017 @10:52AM
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They will build high... as long as the price and rent remain high. It the price and rent stop raising and go down, they stop building high. Especially considering that building high is more costly, prices have to stay very high to justify building high. Building high / high density does not really lower market prices, that would kill the reason for building high.