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Originally Posted by mrsmartman
Towers-in-the-park development were Keynesian New Deal economics by artificially increasing housing supply. If you like public housing projects, you probably want towers-in-the-park developments because a large number of housing units can be built in one project. Stopping towers-in-the-park development, in reality, is stopping public housing development, which might not be necessary in some cities. You let market decide the appropriate price for housing.
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Dude what? You're conflating a bunch of unrelated things. Governments built tower in the park developments because they mistakenly believed that high density, traditional urban living caused violent crime. We know better now.
Im ok with the government helping people with housing, but I'd rather them just give out vouchers than actually try and build it themselves. Governments tend to not be very good at producing consumer goods.