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Re:Why Is 'Affordable' Housing So Expensive to Build? by racer-v on Sunday January 07, 2018 @12:50AM (#16089476)
The obvious solution to this is to build taller

Why is this the obvious solution? Why not spread people out instead of trying to cram as many as you can into the same place?

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Re:Why Is 'Affordable' Housing So Expensive to Build? by antris on Sunday January 07, 2018 @01:22AM (#16089570)
When you spread people out, you don't have a city anymore. It's just an endless suburb. And people want to live in cities, because things happen there. There are jobs, services, public transport etc.
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Re:Why Is 'Affordable' Housing So Expensive to Build? by racer-v on Sunday January 07, 2018 @01:56PM (#16092035)
Not just suburbs but ex-urbs and Podunks. I'm more interested in a solution where we don't all have to live in cities to get access to jobs, services, and transport.
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