• HelixDab2@lemm.ee
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    5 months ago

    People generally want that suburban ideal, of a four bedroom house, two car garage, a front and backyard… Zoning would be needed to require housing to be denser, rather than allowing sprawl.

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      5 months ago

      Private contractors also prefer building single family homes because they get paid way more to do 50 individual houses than put up an apartment that houses 50.

      We aren’t here because people are stupid. We are here because this is where all the incentives align.