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Re:The confounding politics of camping in America by supernovae on Sunday May 01, 2022 @08:58AM (#31224670)
It’s capitalism. We have plenty of housing but a capitalist society protects hoarding housing more than equalizing housing. You end up with more airbnb, “investment” rentals or abandoned properties stuck in legal limbo than inventory for first time home buyers.

you can’t build to infinity when everything is built out…

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Re:The confounding politics of camping in America by db48x on Sunday May 01, 2022 @09:08AM (#31224737)
Well, you’re not completely wrong there. In this case however, San Francisco is full to the gills with 100–year–old two–story houses, which the city government will not allow anyone to knock down and replace with four–story houses.
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