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Re:Let's build houses for people, not cars by xenocyon on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @10:16AM (#20809784)
Your question is a little like asking "If chemotherapy cures cancer, then how come most people I know who have undergone chemotherapy tend to have cancer?" If the cities you mentioned hadn't undertaken some pro-density measures they would be even more unaffordable.

BTW if I sound like I'm anti-density because of the "cancer" metaphor, I'm not; sprawl is bad for the planet among other things, and well-planned walkable dense cities are the best way for a burgeoning human population to live in harmony with the planet and with ourselves.

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Re:Let's build houses for people, not cars by listenallyall on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @03:20PM (#20813472)
No, its not like that. Dense, walkable cities create demand, chemotherapy doesn't create cancer. If LA were to create an ultra-dense core tomorrow, more people and companies would relocate there, bringing rents right back to the level they are now, probably higher. The only people losing out would be existing low-income people who got displaced.

NYC concrete jungle = "live in harmony with the planet"? Lol.

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