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STREAMOFCONSCIOUSN3S t1_j2x27jg wrote

Reply to comment by goodsam2 in Your City Is the Most Livable in America, Until We Publish This Article About It by ValancourtB

> We should be adding more due to more demand but we lack the ability to build enough.

> If we built more stuff there could be more for everyone

Are you referring to housing or businesses? If you continue building, is there a risk you erase what is currently nice about a place? What if the low density is what makes a certain place desirable? I know this will get downvoted because most Redditors would like to live in 100 sq ft apartments built 80 stories high, but I'm actually curious what you're saying.

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goodsam2 t1_j2wwth5 wrote

Reply to comment by Asterion7 in Your City Is the Most Livable in America, Until We Publish This Article About It by ValancourtB

Simply put this is talking about how when an article talks about how nice a town/city is then demand increases. I am saying that since we have too many regulations (you can't rebuild the fan because it's illegal if it falls apart) that's a reason why when demand increases supply is relatively flat.

We should be adding more due to more demand but we lack the ability to build enough.

Look at the amount of housing built which probably closely mirrors businesses, the amount has collapsed since the 1970s. Our early 2021 house building pace which was a relative high point, was among the lowest built during the 1970s.

If we built more stuff there could be more for everyone, instead we just say more is bad and then our favorite things get packed and expensive.

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