[jjindev]

In many older parts of California you can rent an apartment over a garage. Great system. Revenue for the home owner, good environment for the renter, distributed rentals. Of course that was then, right? When people talk about rentals versus homes now they have a mental image shaped by very strong zoning. That is the apartment strip, this is the single home suburb.

Compare to Japan, Tokyo in particular, with tiny homes and tiny apartments pushed into every nook and cranny.

Why do our costs keep rising? Because we have structured it that way, for the apartment owner and for uniform suburban living.