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by gamblor956
2377 days ago
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Across the street from me are 3 new apartment buildings which collectively house 1500-2000 people. Down the street are two new apartment buildings which house another 1000-1500 people. Two blocks away from that are a cluster of apartment buildings which collectively house more than 10,000 people. And quite frankly, you are simply wrong about the statistics you are citing. The pre-1990 figure is primarily residential single-family homes, so each structure was on average capable of housing just 4 people. Current residential construction is primarily multi-unit residences, so each structure represents residential capacity, on average, of several dozen people. So my point stands, and I would strongly recommend you take a statistics course. |
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https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LOSA106BP1FH
The breakdown of permits issued in 2018 in Los Angeles was as follows:
1 Unit: 10042 2 Units: 1528 3-4 Units: 522 5+ Units: 17432 Total: 29524 Source: https://www.census.gov/construction/bps/txt/tb3u2018.txt
As you can see from the total, this is not anywhere near 50000 units per year, as you initially claimed. These 30000 units are also spread across an area with diameter far greater than the 14 miles you started with.
Also, in addition to being wrong about every other aspect of this debate, you are quite wrong about this one. By FAR the majority of PERMITS go to single-family homes.
When you are very ignorant about a topic, it would be helpful to type less and read more.