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Re:The Grinch Stealing the Future of Gen Y and Z by throwaway6734 on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @03:40PM (#34153495)
It all comes back to housing costs. A generation of Americans pushed restrictive zoning policy so they could inflate the price of their biggest asset.

Housing can either be a good investment or affordable, but not both.

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Re:The Grinch Stealing the Future of Gen Y and Z by malandrew on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @04:23PM (#34154033)
The US population has also grown by over 50% since 1965 or so. That’s a lot more competition for land.

The percent of Americans living in urban areas has also grown over time.

Together we have more American competing for limited urban real estate.

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Percent-of-US-Population...

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Re:The Grinch Stealing the Future of Gen Y and Z by throwaway6734 on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @04:36PM (#34154195)
It's not just urban areas where housing prices have skyrocketed but suburban as well. There's no reason du & tri plexes are illegal in so many suburban areas
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