Blecher_onthe_Hudson OP t1_j9ps4tj wrote on February 23, 2023 at 6:28 PM

Reply to comment by objectimpermanence in Want to know why NY metro housing is expensive? Answer in NYTimes OP-ED by Blecher_onthe_Hudson

>You are literally denying reality.
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>What you are saying goes against views that are widely held among economists and other housing experts.

Never stops the "socialists" who want to solve problems created by government market interference with more government interference.

xTheShrike t1_j9q3j75 wrote on February 23, 2023 at 7:39 PM

Socialists do not understand economics whatsoever. Artificial government controls create artificial scarcity which leads to higher prices.

Blecher_onthe_Hudson OP t1_j9q82ea wrote on February 23, 2023 at 8:08 PM

Precisely how rent control in response to a housing crisis during world War II has resulted in a continuous housing crisis for the past 80 years.

objectimpermanence t1_j9pup9f wrote on February 23, 2023 at 6:44 PM

Yep, I wonder how many people realize that some of the greatest urban neighborhoods were built before contemporary zoning regulations were even a conceived.

Also, people love to rave about how European cities are designed and then they oppose changes to local zoning and building codes that would actually allow us to replicate that typology in new construction here.