hedge@beehaw.org to City Life@beehaw.orgEnglish · 7 months agoAmerica is full of abandoned malls. What if we turned them into housing?www.vox.comexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up171arrow-down10
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minus-squareBentiGorlich@gehirneimer.delinkfedilinkarrow-up8·7 months agoNo can do. That would drive prices down and that hurts our economy 🥸
minus-squarelemming934@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 months agoI don’t think it hurts the economy since moving people to producive areas increases productiviy. It does hurt homeowners, who have managed to capture the regulatory regime by pressuring their city government into passing and maintaining zoning laws.
minus-squareBentiGorlich@gehirneimer.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoI meant it sarkastically, hence the 🥸
No can do. That would drive prices down and that hurts our economy 🥸
I don’t think it hurts the economy since moving people to producive areas increases productiviy.
It does hurt homeowners, who have managed to capture the regulatory regime by pressuring their city government into passing and maintaining zoning laws.
I meant it sarkastically, hence the 🥸