Re:Why one of America’s richest states is also its poorest
by specialist on Sunday November 04, 2018 @10:43AM
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Supply & demand. Not a mystery.
Drives me nuts that my left-wing brethren often oppose upzoning, development, increasing density.
Rent control is not a long term fix and ultimately makes the problem worse.
Our democracy is possible BECAUSE of capitalism AND socialism, not despite one or the other.
There's more housing than people in the USA. At this point, the most likely durable remedy is UBI, thereby enabling people to repopulate (or stay in) the interior, mitigating the urbanization trend.
Drives me nuts that my left-wing brethren often oppose upzoning, development, increasing density.
Rent control is not a long term fix and ultimately makes the problem worse.
Our democracy is possible BECAUSE of capitalism AND socialism, not despite one or the other.
There's more housing than people in the USA. At this point, the most likely durable remedy is UBI, thereby enabling people to repopulate (or stay in) the interior, mitigating the urbanization trend.