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I'd be curious to see a breakdown by age. I can imagine a lot of people under 35 whose experience with capitalism was the great financial crises, the housing crises, and the contin…

I think the final paragraph of the article sums up the issue pretty well. The tech world spends a lot of thought and energy on trying to escape our current existence instead of try…

That's the way it should be, easy to understand. This set up might be short but it's complex to read.

I think this could largely be an issue with public or VC/PE funded companies. There's plenty of private companies of small/mid size that make plenty of money but don't feel a need …

Why do people drag out trade schools? Sure they can make sense financially, but there's a heavy toll of working with your body instead of sitting in an office chair for work. And t…

I'm surprised funding isn't the number 1 issue across the spectrum. It's abundantly clear the schools near me are already underfunded and also have a 100 million a year budget hole…

Cars still kill people at high speed, human bodies haven't adapted to get hit by cars better.

That's your opinion, sharing a wall but being able to walk or bike easily to everything I need it a huge boost to my quality of life.

You have to change zoning laws in large swaths of the United States to even allow building homes that share walls.

I'm not sure how another urbanizing country choosing cars is evidence against my belief that denser and more walkable cities are better to live in. Places like the Netherlands are …

Okay fair enough, but you understand my point. Some EU countries have higher standards that avoid the issue of hearing your neighbor. I remember watching a tour of a construction s…

I think when people think of the ideal urban environment, they're thinking 3-6 story mixed use buildings close to the street with tree lined streets. People have an idea of miles o…

One of the main issues in cities like Seattle is 76% of the city land area is zoned for single family only. People in Seattle aren't overly worried about what suburban towns are do…

We still have to build and maintain roads for cars, which has its own emissions. EVs also weigh more and road damage cubes or ^4 with vehicle weight, so EVs also increase the cost …

Everyone driving EVs still has very large infrastructure costs of building and maintaining roads, parking, garages, etc versus if people lived in walkable and bikeable areas. Less …

In the EU they have much higher construction standards including much thicker walls and floors that block sound between units better. I wish the US could duplicate that, though tha…

It's funny, brownstones originally had similar resistance for being bland and uninteresting yet we find them beautiful now. I think cost effective new housing just isn't going to b…

Isn't part of the issue that state and federal funding for higher education hasn't kept up with costs, so the increase just goes straight to the students paying?

I think some places have tried it before, but if it's optional then people who think they will earn a lot will just get a traditional loan, and people who think they will earn less…

So... there isn't enough supply to match the demand growth.

A friend of mine was a PM at amazon and was part of the layoffs earlier in the year. Hasn't had any response to their applications, only 1 interview from a referral but it wasn't a…

Why would you age out of having amenities closer to you? If anything, as you get older things should be even closer.

It's much easier to convert older buildings than newer ones, just due to them being designed differently. You lay out structures different if you're designing a small building for …

They're also difficult because modern office buildings just don't lend themselves to small apartments very well. One of the conversions in New York cut a giant hole through the mid…

This assumes that small towns that have shrinking and aging populations are more desirable to live in than cities for the sole purpose that housing is cheaper. Cities have large ad…