I'm all for building more housing, as long as it comes with the necessary infrastructure - schools, roads, parking, public transportation, etc. Where I live, developers seem to get government approval to build in locations where they can rake in a lot of money at high prices without having to worry about such things.
(In fact, my local government is actually closing roads near new housing because "f#ck cars" is apparently a hip idea these days.)
I'm all for building more housing, as long as it comes with the necessary infrastructure - schools, roads, parking, public transportation, etc. Where I live, developers seem to get government approval to build in locations where they can rake in a lot of money at high prices without having to worry about such things.
(In fact, my local government is actually closing roads near new housing because "f#ck cars" is apparently a hip idea these days.)
Your own example seems to show that the culprit lies with local governance, not developers, wouldn’t you agree?
Money is politics, at least since Citizens United. Depending on your locality, for much longer.
No. Let's not pretend that it's OK for developers to try to obtain undue influence over government officials.
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It's been hip since drivers started showing up and killing people. The less parking the better.
Right. Let's just go back to agrarian times when people rode horses to get around.
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Let me guess. You already own a home?