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Re:New York Is Full. And it’s the housing market’s fault by lordfrito on Saturday August 26, 2023 @08:31PM (#37278231)
Well I mean no one wants to see people being homeless, but if you migrate to a city with no available housing doesn't that suggest you should try moving somewhere else?

I mean it's hard even getting a hotel room in some places. You make sure you have a reservation before you go.

I can see a point complaining about how we don't have the right kind of assistance programs for refugees. But complaining that it's the city's fault or the market's fault there's no room for people who come with no plan doesn't seem fair.

I mean there's a lot of land in this country. Plenty of room for everyone. Just not in one place.

Suggesting we force people to use their land to build more housing seems pretty dystopian to me. Force me to build upwards on my land? Seems like a great scifi story premise, so many people you're forced to house and feed strangers that never stop showing up.

Anyhow like I said, America is a big country. Plenty of places to live. Not exaggerating.

Re:New York Is Full. And it’s the housing market’s fault by xboxnolifes on Saturday August 26, 2023 @09:13PM (#37278485)
> Anyhow like I said, America is a big country. Plenty of places to live. Not exaggerating.

Plenty of places to exist, but people cannot live in this country without work to pay for it. Most of the empty (cheap) space in the country doesn't exactly have good, if any, work.

Re:New York Is Full. And it’s the housing market’s fault by reducesuffering on Saturday August 26, 2023 @09:16PM (#37278505)
> Suggesting we force people to use their land to build more housing seems pretty dystopian to me. Force me to build upwards on my land?

You have this wildly backwards. No one is being forced to build upwards on their own land. People are being forced not to build upwards on their own land.