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-cochise t1_j7vh42s wrote

Reply to comment by nowhereman1223 in Want passenger rail in Manchester? Make your voice heard by PurpleSubtlePlan

Wait, I’m opposed to this bill, but is your proposition that if we could roll the right kind of people here on a train, we’d get more housing out of it?

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nowhereman1223 t1_j7vyrju wrote

My proposition is that these things are substantially more complex and wont be solved overnight.

My theory is that bringing more people in to fill the current housing (with prices that will not be reduced without govt intervention no matter how much we wish for it) those people will need more services that will pay more and may result in a profitable need for additional housing on the lower end.

It's not a guarantee. I can promise that blocking progress and shutting down connections and mass transit that the rest of the world uses is the opposite of a solution.

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-cochise t1_j7y0sel wrote

But the housing is filled already. Like nearly all of it. Statewide vacancy is like sub 1%. This whole line of reasoning is nonsensical.

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