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JKCalhoun07/31/20252 repliesview on HN

I'm not sure why it has to be that way. Build more houses.


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thehappypm08/01/2025

The problem is “where”.

Building them in random lots in Florida or upstate New York is exactly what builders were doing in the runup to the financial crisis.

Building them in already-dense places is always tricky because of NIMBYism

apwell2307/31/2025

then it wouldn't be "smartest investment"

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