Re:Rent control isn’t working in Sweden
by epistasis on Thursday August 26, 2021 @10:16AM
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It's really hard to estimate the sufficiency of construction visually. What we notice is a change from the past trend.
However what's needed is sometimes entirely disconnected from the past trend. Ask a lot of people in San Francisco, and they will say that there's been a huge amount of building of new apartments, even though they are nowhere close to matching the 2% growth rate of US population, much less the much higher growth rate that a thriving urban area needs to match the trend of people moving from rural areas to urban areas, or to match an increased preference for urban life over suburban life.
Re:Rent control isn’t working in Sweden
by zip1234 on Thursday August 26, 2021 @10:22AM
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It's because we see construction in a concentrated area where it is allowed, but then there are VAST areas off limits to anything but building a bigger house.
However what's needed is sometimes entirely disconnected from the past trend. Ask a lot of people in San Francisco, and they will say that there's been a huge amount of building of new apartments, even though they are nowhere close to matching the 2% growth rate of US population, much less the much higher growth rate that a thriving urban area needs to match the trend of people moving from rural areas to urban areas, or to match an increased preference for urban life over suburban life.