[fokov]

I'd move closer to the jobs if they weren't so far away from affordable housing :( I loved it when I lived .7 miles away from work.

[astrodust]

The value equation would tip a lot more if Americans paid a fair price for automobiles. Everything, from oil, to roads, to the cars themselves, are stupidly subsidized.

[jahewson]

Of course that would just make both houses and cars unaffordable.

[baq]

I think that was the point...

[StevePerkins]

(1) Drastic increases in gas and car taxes would be highly regressive, and disproportionately affect the poor.

(2) Housing prices are rising in large part due to foreign investment / money sheltering. I doubt that you could plausibly increase gas and car taxes high enough offset this, and it would be outright dystopian if you did.

[jessaustin]

It really seems like we should be able to directly tax the foreign investment in order to improve public transit... I don't have any good ideas on this however.