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Re:Seattle looks to rein in state policy used to push back o... by ganitarashid on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @12:00AM (#21188639)
Not really. Housing should be more expensive than is is now, both in cities as well as in suburbs. We don’t want growth, we want less growth. High prices will slow growth which is a good thing for the environment.
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Re:Seattle looks to rein in state policy used to push back o... by lazyasciiart on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @12:07AM (#21188673)
> There will always be more people

What are you picturing, government enforced house sharing?

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Re:Seattle looks to rein in state policy used to push back o... by ganitarashid on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @03:15AM (#21189583)
I don’t think anything would have to be enforced. Look at San Francisco or NYC. Most people wouldn’t want to have a family of 3 kids there because it’s too expensive.
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Re:Seattle looks to rein in state policy used to push back o... by lazyasciiart on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @03:21AM (#21189612)
No - they live in the suburbs of new developments and drive in to work there. Massively, unarguably a worse impact on the environment than building some condos downtown. It's like you think people will say oh well, can't afford San Francisco, I'll move to Detroit!
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Re:Seattle looks to rein in state policy used to push back o... by ganitarashid on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @04:34AM (#21190024)
That’s true, good point. Then the prices of suburbs and new developments should be raised so high that they’re not worth building or moving to.
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Re:Seattle looks to rein in state policy used to push back o... by lazyasciiart on Thursday October 10, 2019 @02:39AM (#21211596)
Byyyyy.......government enforcement or something?
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Re:Seattle looks to rein in state policy used to push back o... by lonelappde on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @08:14AM (#21191350)
So you are anti people, not anti housing.
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Re:Seattle looks to rein in state policy used to push back o... by ganitarashid on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @01:42PM (#21194857)
Anti growth is actually pro people
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