Re:Austin's Surge of New Housing Construction Drove Down Rents
by pclowes on Thursday March 19, 2026 @12:39AM
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NYC is fairly high density. Has stopped building massive new skyscrapers and has water on two sides. It is also a tier 1 global city culturally AND economically. Its not really reasonable to expect to be affordable.
Re:Austin's Surge of New Housing Construction Drove Down Rents
by mmooss on Thursday March 19, 2026 @12:19PM
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It's been affordable for many generations, a destination for opportunity for the poorest people, including immigrants. It's only recently that things have become so absurd.
> water on two sides
Do you mean Manhattan, one of the five boroughs? It's an island.
> stopped building massive new skyscrapers
When? Why?
> Build more housing. Keep law and order.
Safety (law and order) increases housing costs, as you say. It's desireable on its own, but it does not solve housing cost. NYC is very safe and very expensive. Crime is way down in most of the US, and housing costs are much higher.