Starrion t1_j7pdpab wrote
Reply to comment by freedraw in These housing numbers are insane. In some towns the cost to buy a house is 10x the average salary. by LopsidedWafer3269
The only thing we can build in a lot of greater Boston at this point is multi family. There simply isn’t any open land left inside 95, and not much left inside 495. It may be time to look at converting some low performing commercial space into large condo developments.
Significant_Shake_71 t1_j7qba26 wrote
From what I’ve been reading, there are still plenty of towns who have been fighting development and trying to preserve vacant lots and golf courses that have long since close down. So there’s still are places to build especially in the 495 towns but they keep fighting it tooth and nail. They even keep electing town officials who promise to fight back against further development if elected.
3720-To-One t1_j83xqa8 wrote
NIMBYism is a disease
freedraw t1_j7pz1o6 wrote
Which is why single family zoning needs to be eliminated in greater Boston.
Mighty-Rosebud t1_j7po9yt wrote
Devens has so much land and so many unused buildings. I have zero insight into what it would cost, but turning those buildings into affordable housing seems worth investigating.
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