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Re:Boomers won't part with their homes, and that's a problem... by wmf on Friday January 19, 2024 @02:35PM (#39059996)
Nah, this is wrong and cynical. We could have easily built the housing we need but we made it too hard through zoning.
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Re:Boomers won't part with their homes, and that's a problem... by bell-cot on Friday January 19, 2024 @03:25PM (#39060610)
> We could have easily built the housing we need...

If mom, dad, and 4 kids were content to share a 1k square foot "starter" house in 1970, but now all 6 of 'em (parents are divorced) want their own 2.5k square foot McMansion - that's a 15X increase in housing stock requirements. Admitting that the overall demand-side numbers aren't that bad..."no zoning" would still not be anything like a cure for the problem.

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Re:Boomers won't part with their homes, and that's a problem... by EA-3167 on Friday January 19, 2024 @02:37PM (#39060035)
People to need to understand that human nature and incentives are easy to talk about changing, and nearly impossible to change. It's why we're slow-walking towards catastrophic climate change.
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