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by JumpCrisscross 542 days ago
> it's simple-minded to assume (and misleading to claim) that zoning is the cause of high prices in general

Why? Almost all the evidence points to this. And it makes intuitive sense. Take builder financing costs and add 2 years of reviews (super optimistic!) and you’ve added tens if not hundreds of thousands of dollars to the cost per unit.

> it may be a primary driver of rising prices in some areas

Value or population weight your data. Nobody is complaining about a housing shortage in rural New Mexico.