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Ideally we want a democracy to be representative (in the statistical sense) and resistant to regulatory capture and low-information voting. Maybe it wouldn't work in practice, but …

I'm not sure, IANAL but I would say that much of what a EULA or ToS covers is not that novel, companies skate by on technicalities, and a nontrivial portion of a typical agreement …

Didn't say it was perfectly fungible, just fungible enough that a significant enough increase in other types of supply might bring down SFHs. Either that or the true value of a SFH…

Please no. There is no need to squeeze new buyers and force them into subtandard conditions. There's no reason cities can't redevelop 2 neighborhoods to 10 stories instead of 1 nei…

> Building apartments and tearing down houses lowers the price of apartments and raises the price of houses; it's simple supply and demand. Do you have evidence of this? I would th…

Prop 13 applies to commercial property too, I'm pretty sure. I think commercial property just doesn't burden the city. A Google office has private security, a fire suppression syst…

Bingo. Balance is way more important than density. It should be mandated by state law. Doesn't need to be per-city; you could have a system to trade jobs vs housing with neighborin…

Honestly I think this would be fine. The problem is they allow FANG to build giant offices, which brings new 400k-income jobs and bids up the restricted supply. I think they should…

No. People always say density helps availability, and price increases are due to the denser areas being more desirable. The major factor driving housing inflation is restricted sup…