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Re:Why Barcelona Bought the Building That Symbolizes Its Hou... by cyberax on Saturday February 22, 2025 @12:35PM (#43141096)
> I don't think it applies to housing.

It does. Evidence: no large city in the US, Japan, or the Western Europe managed to lower housing prices long-term by increasing density.

Prices only go down if the city population goes down or stops growing.

Re:Why Barcelona Bought the Building That Symbolizes Its Hou... by Etheryte on Saturday February 22, 2025 @01:12PM (#43141484)
As highlighted elsewhere in the comments, Vienna very much did. Once they stopped building it eventually became an issue again though.
Re:Why Barcelona Bought the Building That Symbolizes Its Hou... by cyberax on Saturday February 22, 2025 @01:47PM (#43141801)
No, they did not. They went down the "decrease population" route: https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/cities/20107/vien...

Once the population growth returned, the prices went up as well. And no amount of new construction helped: https://www.globalpropertyguide.com/europe/austria/home-pric...

Again, perfectly fits my prediction and contradicts your model.