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Re:Marc Andreessen says he’s for new housing, but records te... by ido on Friday August 05, 2022 @05:38AM (#32353725)
As a resident of Berlin (that likes living there) I feel it's important to also mention NYC has almost 2.5 times as many people and unlike Berlin is part of a large urban agglomeration (the northeast megalopolis - total population ~50m).

It's not quite a fair comparison.

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Re:Marc Andreessen says he’s for new housing, but records te... by throwaway894345 on Friday August 05, 2022 @08:12AM (#32354964)
Right, but the original comment was (condescendingly) comparing NYC to middle America, so differing densities and other demographics are precisely the point.
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Re:Marc Andreessen says he’s for new housing, but records te... by m_ke on Friday August 05, 2022 @10:12AM (#32356346)
No, my point was about the car centric bend of a large portion of suburban / rural America. I wrote that message at like 1am, see my comment here for what I meant https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32355777

Compare Pittsburgh suburb (https://goo.gl/maps/bFBWcsJ6EeL1kgVe7) to the suburbs of the town that I was born in (https://goo.gl/maps/ktkWzAUa3tyz37hQ7).

This is an even better example: https://goo.gl/maps/cAECdLXaBVoErtsFA vs https://goo.gl/maps/oBmruFK2Sqaxg6TW7

EDIT: Same goes for the Bay Area, staying by YC offices for the interviews was depressing too. Look at this: https://goo.gl/maps/ERCkS7zrHw8tM2or9

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Re:Marc Andreessen says he’s for new housing, but records te... by evolve2k on Friday August 05, 2022 @08:30PM (#32363577)
NotJustBikes has some excellent videos on the differences between US and European cities, this one captures many of the issues - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oHlpmxLTxpw
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