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I would typically use “crosswalk” in preference to “pedestrian crossing”. The two terms are slightly different, but functionally equivalent. Is there something similar in German?

> And this is a part of why it should be administered by governments and not just let loose to market forces... There's no real financial incentive to build 100,000 houses in the m…

> people who want to be housed are having to stretch their funds as far as they possibly can to keep up with the market currently being made by investors and landlords. I'm sympath…

> It's obvious that in the absence of state funding there would be non-state funding. It won't be the same and it won't be zero. From an economic perspective, it's likely the level…

> If we're going to dismiss every quality and strategy of a country because of its moral crimes My primary intention wasn't to refer directly to the morality of the USSR. Economica…

> More importantly, try arguing that it is morally correct that a hard-working laborer ought to fund a Webb telescope by non-optional taxes, when he sees no direct value in it. Why…

> The reality is more like 600k for less than 2,000 square feet. "In June 2022, Detroit home prices were up 32.3% compared to last year, selling for a median price of $99K. On aver…

> No amount of building will help if the value of the property is not intrinsically linked to the supply and demand Building new houses is intrinsically linked to supply. When you …

> Question though... why, exactly does that have to be the case? Especially with something like housing where say there is mostly a fixed supply at any point and you can't just tur…

> Here in the UK our housing is in major crisis because people simply cannot afford the insane price increases. Pretty much everyone I know shares their living situation, on their …

> I didn't say that government runs the bussiness. The public hoosuing buildings have space at ground level that is rented for businesses. I misunderstood what you meant as to who …

> IDK if it's a very socialist solution, provided that it aims to increase disposable income and savings Socialism is a left-wing political, social, and economic philosophy encompa…

> Free market advocates always find the next culprit why the market can't deliver. I advocate for the free market because it's been the most reliable way of elevating humans from s…

> The bubble mostly affects new home buyers, which are the ones who need the least protection. So now you (or more generally the government) get to decide who is more deserving of …

> I've read somewhere that in the USSR paying more than 4% of your income to housing was considered criminal Fortunately that was the only criminal activity in the shining beacon o…

> Supply is always less than demand in dense cities/countries, leaving it for the 'invisible hand' only ensures that the whole market is unaffordable and/or gentrified Is that the …

> The "let the free market take care of it; government intervention can only make it unaffordable" view is standing on extremely shaky legs today. The term “NIMBY” is commonly used…

> Of course this does not work if building new housing is illegal, in which case you might as well have the rent control. Or make it possible to build new housing. Rent control is …

> I don't want price control directly onto the private sector but the adminsitration controlling a big chunk of the offer. If the government sets prices for 40% of the market, it’s…

> Ahh yes, walking around in NY seeing building projects to increase the supply of housing in the 4th dimension where land is plentiful and the rivers are clean /s Have you tried o…

> should be heavy state intervention on it, preferably by doing the same as Vienna, which is holding >40% of the renting stock and charging according to income This is great policy…

> But luckily, a lot of suits on Wall Street are making tons of money, so everything will be fine, right? Look at risk assets, and consider whether that supports your assertion.

Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon in the sense that it is and can be produced only by a more rapid increase in the quantity of money than in output. -- Milto…

> However, much of this proposed capacity will not ultimately be built. Among a subset of queues for which data are available, only 23% of the projects seeking connection from 2000…