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8 connected korrents · 8 moments on record from 4 Jan 2023 to 30 Jun 2026. Nearly all of them are about housing.

Everything filed under America America Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Building a lot of housing in an expensive city will not lower rents there; it lowers them in the cheaper places that were absorbing its spillover demand. Building a lot of housing in anexpensive city will not lower rentsthere; it lowers them in the cheaperplaces that were absorbing itsspillover demand. DH Daniel Herriges — holds since 2024-05-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: Chinese factory workers are more motivated than American ones because what they want has been getting cheaper against their wages while American housing has not. — tap to centre the map on it Chinese factory workers aremore motivated than Americanones because what they wanthas been getting cheaper… MH Molson Hart — holds since 2025-12-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Data centres mostly take farmland, of which America has too much, rather than housing land, of which it has too little. — tap to centre the map on it Data centres mostly takefarmland, of which America hastoo much, rather than housingland, of which it has too… AM Andy Masley — holds since 2026-05-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A house is built by trades that barely coordinate with each other, which is what makes housing cheap to design and almost impossible to redesign. — tap to centre the map on it A house is built by tradesthat barely coordinate witheach other, which is whatmakes housing cheap to design… BP Brian Potter — holds since 2024-04-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: Affordability is not a property of a building; it is a price set in a transaction, so there is no such thing as affordable housing, only affordable prices. — tap to centre the map on it Affordability is not aproperty of a building; it isa price set in a transaction,so there is no such thing as… DH Daniel Herriges — holds since 2023-01-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Building materials are already about as cheap as civilisation knows how to make them, so cheaper materials are not where housing savings will come from. — tap to centre the map on it Building materials are alreadyabout as cheap as civilisationknows how to make them, socheaper materials are not… BP Brian Potter — holds since 2024-04-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: Building more housing in a city raises its local prices, because density is what people are moving there for. — tap to centre the map on it Building more housing in acity raises its local prices,because density is what peopleare moving there for. SA Scott Alexander — holds since 2023-05-01 — tap for who they are SA Scott Alexander — no longer holds since 2023-05-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: Cutting development costs does not cut housing prices, because prices are set by what buyers will pay and the saving is capitalised into land value. — tap to centre the map on it Cutting development costs doesnot cut housing prices,because prices are set by whatbuyers will pay and the saving… JH Jonathan Hopkins — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: Deregulating enough to make housing broadly affordable would mean legalising housing of the quality nobody is willing to defend. — tap to centre the map on it Deregulating enough to makehousing broadly affordablewould mean legalising housingof the quality nobody is… JH Jonathan Hopkins — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Building a lot of housing in an expensive city will not lower rents there; it lowers them in the cheaper places that were absorbing its spillover demand. Holds Daniel Herriges Read this korrent →