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by quaquaqua1 2442 days ago
Agreed, however it's also a result of overly strict building and zoning codes that don't allow density to increase in exchange for a reasonable price.

The result, however, is tragic. People just live in "illegal" housing situations like stuffing 4 or 5 people into a 1 bedroom or 2 bedroom apartment, where people just create temporary walls to zone off part of the living room or use an extra large closet for extra "bedrooms".

Thus the city loses out on tax revenue AND preventing population increase in certain areas, which is the whole point of these restrictive zoning laws.