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Originally Posted by Bert
Also, a huge one they overlooked in general is meeting minimal health/environmental/safety standards. If the building is unhealthy, the additional residents cause a disproportionate burden on our health care system. If the building is an energy hog, the additional residents create disproportionate pollution per capita. If the building is unsafe (i.e. it'd collapse in an earthquake), there are obvious negative externalities there as well.
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I just had a thought, isn't this already included in the marginal cost estimation already? I would imagine that it is, since it mostly incurs cost in the design and materials.