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Re:Microsoft pledges $500M for affordable housing in Seattle... by eru on Thursday January 17, 2019 @04:37AM (#18929517)
Why can't it just be one city? Becoming Manhattan was a huge boon for Manhattan real estate values.
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Re:Microsoft pledges $500M for affordable housing in Seattle... by bobthepanda on Thursday January 17, 2019 @05:54AM (#18929832)
Manhattan becoming Manhattan at first required inhumane levels of crowding, in tenements that would only have a single bathroom per floor. Today’s Manhattan is well below population peak.
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Re:Microsoft pledges $500M for affordable housing in Seattle... by eru on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @03:02AM (#18976522)
Historically that's probably true. These days, we are much richer and we already know how to build high rises.
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