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		vinceguidry on Aug 27, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Let's build houses for people, not cars Housing is built all the time, to serve the needs of the market it's built to serve.

bronson on Aug 27, 2019 [–]

Housing development is winding down in many places.

> From 2010 to 2015, San Mateo County added 72,800 jobs but only 3,844 homes: that's 19 jobs for every home

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2019/7/24/approaching-pe...

That's low enough that, as far as the market is concerned, it's effectively stopped.

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