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Re:The US has forgotten how to do infrastructure by Decade on Thursday June 01, 2017 @02:56AM (#14458468)
Can’t live in Manhattan? Because NIMBY housing policies prevent Manhattan from growing.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/05/19/upshot/forty-...

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Re:The US has forgotten how to do infrastructure by CydeWeys on Thursday June 01, 2017 @08:48AM (#14459768)
I don't disagree that zoning policies need reforming, but that just makes living here more expensive, not impossible.
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Re:The US has forgotten how to do infrastructure by Decade on Thursday June 01, 2017 @10:49AM (#14460702)
If there are fewer places to live than people who need to live there, then having a place for everyone is impossible. In a shortage, all housing is luxury housing.
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Re:The US has forgotten how to do infrastructure by CydeWeys on Thursday June 01, 2017 @11:06AM (#14460843)
No one's talking about everyone though, just one person who is a HN reader.
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