For liberalism to survive and eventually thrive again, it basically *has* to solve problem of low-income housing in cities in medium term
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I think liberalism should thrive and cities should solve their housing problems, but I don't think the 2 are connected.
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Vancouver is YIMBY as fuck, but it's still treating Chinese and South Asian immigrants like unwanted guests.
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Japan, the most YIMBY country, with affordable market-rate housing in Tokyo, has a far-right government.
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People don't vote for racists because they're locked out of urban housing. They vote for racists because they're racists.
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Could be wrong, but think point is they may be less open to when housing costs aren't preventing them from gathering wealth
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Except that the nativists complain about job competition much more than about housing competition...
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The people who complain about housing competition in central cities are often anti-racist leftists.
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