>> The fix is to enable builders to build enough housing, and not just single family detached housing, by removing regulations which allow NIMBY-ism.
I remember when Mayor DeBlasio (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_de_Blasio) was running for Mayor in NYC. He was hugely against high-rise high-density condos in Brooklyn adjacent (4th Ave) to expensive $2M+ brownstones (incidentally where he lived, in Park Slope!)
He was the "left" candidate and didnt seem to understand the concept of supply and demand. Nor the concept that no every city dweller can afford a $2M brownstone.
The problem is that Left and Right alike wants to perpetuate the system because they are all so fully bought into the system. I'm sure Mayor DeBlasio fully understood the economics here, but supported NIMBYism because he and his money base wants to keep their wealth.
That also means this isnt a left or right issue, its more of a hopeless issue. The only way out is to buy into the system and join them.
I remember when Mayor DeBlasio (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_de_Blasio) was running for Mayor in NYC. He was hugely against high-rise high-density condos in Brooklyn adjacent (4th Ave) to expensive $2M+ brownstones (incidentally where he lived, in Park Slope!)
He was the "left" candidate and didnt seem to understand the concept of supply and demand. Nor the concept that no every city dweller can afford a $2M brownstone.
The problem is that Left and Right alike wants to perpetuate the system because they are all so fully bought into the system. I'm sure Mayor DeBlasio fully understood the economics here, but supported NIMBYism because he and his money base wants to keep their wealth.
That also means this isnt a left or right issue, its more of a hopeless issue. The only way out is to buy into the system and join them.