if we could cut the cost of housing in half, populism on the left and right would almost certainly collapse. probably worth tabling ideological hang-ups for the moment, and pursuing policy that works towards this goal.
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Cheap housing requires sprawl though, and it is hard to get people to table the anti-sprawl ideological hanguppic.twitter.com/Jl264Gdjd4
don't fully agree. there's no housing crisis in tokyo!https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-housing-crisis-in-japan-home-prices-stay-flat-11554210002 …
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With a shrinking population. That part turns out to be important.
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But Tokyo has only grown for decades.
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Think we likely disagree on other issues, but are in full agreement on this one. Also that Japanese Zoning Laws are the answer:https://marketurbanism.com/2019/03/19/why-is-japanese-zoning-more-liberal-than-us-zoning/ …
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it's definitely complex, but completely writing off sprawl as the bay area has done is probably a bad idea
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but what about the nEigHbORhooD ChaRaCter?
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great, we should definitely get rid of those regulations
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What state is Tokyo in again? I couldn’t find it on that chart of US cities...
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Good to point out a foreign example. The Us could solve a lot more of its problems if it could look outside its borders for solutions.
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