What Scott Alexander thinks about housing
Essayist; writes Astral Codex Ten, previously Slate Star Codex. Keeps a numbered public list of the things he has been convinced he got wrong, which is where most of the turns recorded here come from.
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2 dated positions, 2023, in their own words. Our reading of what Scott Alexander has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Our reading · no longer heldBuilding more housing in a city raises its local prices, because density is what people are moving there for.
No longer holdsAlthough it wasn't a mistake to ask people to change my mind, I've mostly updated against believing the theory.
SaidAlthough it wasn't a mistake to ask people to change my mind, I've mostly updated against believing the theory.
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Their wordsSo empirically, as you move along the density spectrum from the empty North Dakota plain to Manhattan, housing prices go up.
↗Change My Mind: Density Increases Local But Decreases Global Pricesastralcodexten.substack.com