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Malvania t1_iyy7u5d wrote

Reply to comment by guy999 in [OC] Building permits (in housing units) per capita, by state (fix) by born_in_cyberspace

California is likely the exception to the rule for the chart. Nee York doesn't have new housing starts because it has no space for them. Generally, the Northeast is also losing people, so there isn't a need for new starts, whereas Texas and Florida have people moving there, requiring more starts

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Yank_of_Jamin t1_iyyeix1 wrote

New York is more than just the city, there’s more space for new houses than you might think.

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Malvania t1_iyyf1ju wrote

That would be the parts of the state that are having people move away.

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Yank_of_Jamin t1_iyyfar9 wrote

Sure, myself being one of those that left. I’m just saying it’s reasonable to assume more new houses are being built where there’s space for them than in the city where as you said earlier, there is no space.

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Aaron_Hamm t1_iyyndb1 wrote

But if you move away, and everyone else is generally, housing doesn't get built because it's not needed...

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SE_SHO_hw t1_iyyued4 wrote

There is plenty of space for housing, both in the city and the wider state. Hell, you can get lots more housing in Manhattan! The population of Manhattan actually peaked around 1900-1910, before we could build nearly as vertically as we can today.

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glmory t1_iz4mne2 wrote

Most of New York doesn’t look like Manhattan. Therefore plenty of room for new housing.

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