[hfuyf65]

It is kinda fascinating. I just returned from US roadtrip ( UT region ) and there is a lot of unused space. Remote could help with a lot of it were it not for 'old school management'( quotation marks, because that is the current PC terms for luddites ).

[nurple]

Not only is there a lot of unused space, but the legislature and developer oligarchs are firmly in bed with each other. As an example, right in the heart of one of the fastest growing areas of the valley, one of the most prolific apartment building developers is being given tailor made QOZs on which to build low income units.

Building on these gives the developer a perpetual abeyance on any capital gains, they don't have to pay tax on their profit at all! These QOZs were intended to incentivize the development of land in rural areas where development is not being done by the capital class, but are being abused to put money in the pockets of the rich to ensure there's somewhere to keep the slave class close by all the tech bros so they can cook their lunch.

Heaven forbid they were actually used in rural areas and created jobs where these humans could leave the city and seek some semblance of self-determination.

[estebank]

Paving over every square inch of the country is the opposite of a solution. The more we entrench ourselves everywhere, the more we are affected by natural phenomena like forest fires and flash floods. And that is without even considering the effects on the ecosystem. Turning Death Valley or Yosemite into a parking lot with a suburb attached isn't a good idea. We need to get past the frame of thinking that every american can and should have a white picket fence for their own personal green-grassed fiefdom. That's not sustainable.

[Melchizedek]

It is if you prevent the population from growing, meaning you have to limit immigration.