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Old Posted Mar 24, 2017, 4:47 AM
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Originally Posted by dtell04 View Post
https://fee.org/articles/how-spontan...on-affordable/

This is worth a read. Talk about polar opposite.
It's an opinion piece that leaves out a lot of complex reasons for differing regulation and planning styles across cities. I mean comparing Houston and SF? One has room to sprawl and the other is confined to a small peninsula. A lot of housing costs comes from desirability to live in certain places. Many more people would find coastal CA more desirable than humid, swampy Houston. That alone will make prices higher here. I just don't buy the notion that cities like SF could follow the "Houston model" and cure all their problems. Seems like a naive piece.
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