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by Cthulhu_ 593 days ago
Tiny homes like the coffin homes of overpopulated cities, you mean?

Or tiny homes like the luxury single occupant container buildings on a bit of land?

Tiny homes are not the solution, they are hipster semi-cottage-core fashion homes. You're probably thinking of regular apartments, but for some reason they aren't built at the rate needed. Build ten million apartments (for starters) and the cost of living will go down. Satisfy / saturate the market first, then think of gentrifying with fashion homes.

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>but for some reason they aren't built at the rate needed.

crabs in a bucket. Those who got in and got theirs don't want their property value falling. Americans treating housing as a stock instead of a necessary resource for living really ruined a lot of the dynamic of city planning.