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Re:Mass Timber Is Great, but It Will Not Solve the Housing S... by stouset on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @06:52PM (#39698551)
You seem to be under the significantly confused impression that working to density cities and improve transit options is somehow an attempt to pry your car and single-family home from your cold, dead fingers.

It isn't.

It's about changing incentive structures over the long-term, so more people choose options which have a better set of societal externalities.

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Re:Mass Timber Is Great, but It Will Not Solve the Housing S... by Tyrannosaur on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @07:33PM (#39698860)
I am failing to persuade my brother of this. If someone desperately wants to live in a single-family home an hour away from the city center, they should want the city to be nice and dense and lots of cheap housing with great transit, because that will also make their dream home cheaper!
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