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Housing Bubble 2: Return of the Ugly

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[–] Ashelyn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 1 month ago

See: the Bay Area and most of LA absolutely suffocated by suburban sprawl. You could build higher density residential dwellings, but first you need to tear down a few existing homes, plus get it past all the NIMBYS whose property values might go down if there's not hyperinflated demand.