The tide, though is turning. On some local online groups, the veteran NIMBYs are expressing shock at the “aggressive” attitude they are seeing from younger people. Instead of wanting to object to hou… (View Post)

It’s a scaling thing. Looking locally, a development of a thousand homes looks like a lot. But it isn’t compared to the housing defect. A simple figure of merit - if a housing market doesn’t have 8%+… (View Post)

It’s not about blame or racism - that’s just the deflections. If you increase the population by x, you need to find x bedrooms (roughly). Otherwise the ratio of housing to population changes. Same wi… (View Post)

Depends what we build up there. “To grow in knowledge and in stature. Lofty halls of adamant and titanium, lit with the very light of dreams. Epic bridges between planets, wonders made manifest. And … (View Post)

The real problem, I think, is that regulation looks like it is free to the Government. So there is no *immediate* negative feedback from increasing minimum wage & other forms of regulatory spendi… (View Post)