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Re:To revive Portland, officials seek to ban public drug use by roenxi on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @06:19PM (#38620207)
That is a common argument. If you spend time arguing with people about housing costs, houses in less desirable areas often turn out not to count for various reasons.

It makes a lot more sense to talk about how to support cheaper communities and migrate people to them than it does to bring down housing costs in expensive areas where the locals are fighting back against bringing in new people.

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Re:To revive Portland, officials seek to ban public drug use by uoaei on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @11:41AM (#38629929)
Mostly because you have to bring people to those places and upgrade the infrastructure to support them there. Do the math yourself if you're unconvinced.

People in cheaper locations also fight back! Why is that location cheap and why do those people live there? Precisely because the density is so low and the community likes it the way it is. An influx of recently homeless people would be a huge disruption and no one would be happy with the change. Would you want to manage that situation? THINK!

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