Yeah, I don’t think people really grasp that loop. They act as if we just build more houses and roll out the welcome mat it’ll be magically filled only with the needed professions and our problems will be miraculously solved.

Where I’m at some are itching to put in a major new housing development they claim will somehow solve housing issues but seem to fail to grasp that the teachers and nurses and tradesmen who can’t afford the dilapidated old houses on the market will suddenly be able to afford the brand new construction. They also fail to grasp that they can’t stop those really contributing to our housing issues who will only buy up the new supply. They further fail to grasp that our schools are already full and short staffed, so where are the new staff coming from and who’s paying to build the new schools?

The “answers” are myopic and simplistic sUpPlY vs DEmAnD and tax base bullshit fed to them by the fat cat capitalist, investors, and developers who don’t give two shits about our community and won’t be around to help trying to solve the extra problems their “solution” created.

Slow and steady wins the race. No reason to jump on the short sighted fad train and rush into more headaches. I’ve NEVER seen more development of that type improve a community and I’ve never seen it play out as promised.