What was that about "you can't build enough housing to lower rents"? Surplus of Manhattan and Brooklyn Rentals Driving Prices Down, Report Says

Don't know the number off the top of my head. The Times article I linked earlier was about it.

Interesting.

In November, Garcetti sent a letter to Yahoo Chief Executive Marissa Mayer offering a "menu of incentives and resources," including a three-year business tax exemption and "white glove service" to ensure that the build-out of the campus would proceed quickly and that the company's dealings with the city would be fast-tracked.

So if you're big enough, you get enticements and fast-tracks. If you're a small businessperson, you just get paperwork and regulations.

we don't have the density to support more transit investment,

We're the densest metropolitan area in the country. That argument is nonsense. We don't need MORE density to support better transit, we just need transit options that don't suck.

the bottom line should be freedom.

Yes, the citizens of a community are free to decide how their communities grow. If you don't want to have to take the opinions of your neighbors into account, landandfarm.com has plenty of rural land for you to build on as you see fit.

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