TokenBoomer@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 11 months agoIt's just businesslemmy.worldimagemessage-square166fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 months agoHow many are in cities people want to live?
minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-211 months agoIf you can’t answer that question, then you can’t decide on the correct course of action. Vacancy rates in cities suggest the answer is that the empty homes are someplace else. The correct course of action, therefore, is building more in cities.
minus-squareGhostFence@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 months agoBut if you do build them in cities, the investors simply come and snap them up. Then you’re back to square one.
How many are in cities people want to live?
Not gonna speculate on that.
If you can’t answer that question, then you can’t decide on the correct course of action.
Vacancy rates in cities suggest the answer is that the empty homes are someplace else. The correct course of action, therefore, is building more in cities.
But if you do build them in cities, the investors simply come and snap them up. Then you’re back to square one.