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Re:Interview with Jeff Atwood, Co-Founder of Stack Overflow by michaelt on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @03:05PM (#42796920)
> Okay, why is city council/the mayor unwilling to rezone (sometimes vast swaths of single family homes?) Voters? Corruption? Something else?

The council and the mayor of Exampletown are elected by the residents of Exampletown.

The people who've been forced out of Exampletown by the high rents? And those who'd like to live there, but can't afford to? They don't get a vote.

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Re:Interview with Jeff Atwood, Co-Founder of Stack Overflow by atomicfiredoll on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @03:30PM (#42797143)
My point is: when looking for the "root cause" of these problems, people shouldn't stop asking when they get to the rent being high, that's a symptom.

Additionally, if people care about helping younger generations, it's within reach to jump in and help shape the communities they'll be living in. E.g. If an issue is zoning, go to zoning meetings.

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