Mass Timber Is Great, but It Will Not Solve the Housing Shortage

Re:Mass Timber Is Great, but It Will Not Solve the Housing S... by scoofy on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @06:05PM (#39698154)

I grew up in Austin, so I'm intimately familiar with it. I don't really understand your comment, but I'm happy to talk about Austin if you have any questions.

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Re:Mass Timber Is Great, but It Will Not Solve the Housing S... by oblio on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @06:11PM (#39698205)

I forget if it's Austin or Houston or whichever it was. But the metro representative body, handling the local budget, was basically like this:

Main city in the metro area, let's say 2 million people: 2 representatives.

Every other settlement in the metro area, let's say 3 million people: 20 representatives.

Guess why they kept building highways which cut through city neighborhoods?

Edit: found it:

https://www.fairforhouston.com/

Gerrymandering, starting to be undone 60+ decades later.

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