Re:WikiHouse – Open source, modular, wood based, zero carbon...
by ReptileMan on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @11:25AM
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In Europe we also have housing crisis in the capitals and other desirable places and there thr density already what the YIMBY want. If you want to solve the housing crisis don't ask why the rent is so high in NY, SF or London. Ask why there are so few desirable pleaces for people to live.
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Re:WikiHouse – Open source, modular, wood based, zero carbon...
by dsr_ on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @11:40AM
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The main thing that makes a place desirable to live in is good infrastructure: water, climate, education, healthcare, transportation. A place that has all of those attracts people; work arises where people want to live; good work pays for the infrastructure and makes it more likely that people want to live there.
It's a chicken-and-egg problem, made worse by people who want to not pay for the infrastructure and maintenance.
Re:WikiHouse – Open source, modular, wood based, zero carbon...
by nine_k on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @02:50PM
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The rent is damn high in downtown / midtown Manhattan and downtown Brooklyn because there is enough business people, movie stars, stock traders, even software developers who are willing to pay as much.
If you step back into southern Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, the prices go down to reasonable, while still being within < 1 hour commute by public transport from the downtown area.