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Patrick McKenzie@patio11• almost 6 years ago
Tokyo has positive population growth of about 100,000 people a year, and rents and home prices are roughly stable for last decade. How? Outconstructing NYC. And LA. And SF. And Boston. And Houston. Combined. Every year. https://t.co/qD2oMWK9qH
Patrick McKenzie@patio11• almost 6 years ago
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I occasionally get frustrated by this, because I think engineers have a tendency to reduce complex societal issues to single obvious solutions, and therefore people who talk to engineers discount single obvious solutions, and yet: Don't. Ban. Building. Homes.