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Re:Austin's Surge of New Housing Construction Drove Down Rents by Paradigma11 on Thursday March 19, 2026 @05:29AM (#47436820)
Technically yes, but lol no. Population is about the same as at its peak and density (person/m2) was about four times that of today. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlafg%C3%A4nger https://www.demokratiezentrum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10...
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Re:Austin's Surge of New Housing Construction Drove Down Rents by bobthepanda on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @01:57PM (#47520920)
You could say that about every Industrial Revolution city. They just have also had to deal with absolute population growth as well.
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