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ken81987 OP t1_j5b8e9a wrote

>the people who put onerous restrictions on development imagine they are fighting for "the people" but what "the people" want is $500/mo rent.

It's a quagmire. We need more housing, but people who are well below affording market rates know that no matter what is built, the situation is too far gone to help them. So it ends up being in their interest to just avoid more changes in general.

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According_Surround_7 t1_j5cc9yx wrote

This is fine as long as those people don't have children because those children will have nowhere to live

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Pool_Shark t1_j5fd4zu wrote

Population in NY is shrinking they’ll be okay

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