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Indeed. We also acquired a lot and are getting bids to build a modest 3 bedroom house for us and two kids. People saying “build more” seem to be under the impre
by patch_cable 3y ago
Indeed. We also acquired a lot and are getting bids to build a modest 3 bedroom house for us and two kids. People saying “build more” seem to be under the impression that construction labor and materials are cheap and we’re just refusing to do it.
- NegativeLatency 3y agoSingle family housing is not the way that you’d build your way out of this. You need all sorts of housing, like the missing middle of affordable townhouse style units with one or two bedrooms and no onsite parking. It’s going to take decades to get out of the system we’ve built for ourselves with sprawl and the automobile. Until it’s possible to build in volume and cheaply you won’t see prices go down because there so much pent up demand.
- bugglebeetle 3y agoThe market is not how you build your way out of this. You need state-backed construction on a postwar scale, bans on corporate investment in real estate, abolition of zoning, and myriad other interventions that are blocked at every step by people looking to profit off their neighbors being forced into the streets.
- cycrutchfield 3y agoPretty sure you can increase supply without having to resort to building shitty Khrushchevkas for everybody.
- MikePlacid 3y agoShhh! I would pay to watch America moves this way.
- MikePlacid 3y agoYou forgot one crucial step in that book: nationalize all the housing and pack more families into the existing units.
- MikePlacid 3y ago> state-backed construction on a postwar scale One more innocent question: Should our state build enough houses just for existing population or for all South America population too?
- MikePlacid 3y agoI’ve lived in a country without sprawl and without the automobile. I’ll watch with great interest if this country moves in that direction.
- fragmede 3y agoThe country as a whole is one thing, but San Francisco has been putting in a lot of time and money into creating bike-friendly infrastructure, and in some cases, succeeding. We'll have to see how the local culture adopts it, but, especially with ebikes, theres a future where the automobile's dominance wanes.