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Yank_of_Jamin t1_iyyeix1 wrote

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

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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