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jnuzzi08 t1_iy95djd wrote

Cities will do anything except make it legal for the market to build more housing

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Here4thebeer3232 t1_iyabjsw wrote

DC does a very good job at adding new housing . We are consistently one of the top cities for infill and new housing construction per square mile.

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jnuzzi08 t1_iyabxyg wrote

Ok the other hand, we could also be as dense as Paris or Barcelona if we wanted to (4-5x denser)

Edit: my point is that we should be comparing ourselves to top, world class cities, not other North American cities that have draconian zoning laws.

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