Real life data shows it really is as simple as just building more housing. You don't have to go out of your way to punish bad behavior if you just make the bad behavior unprofitable to donin the first place (by building more housing)

I mean...

This reads like it could be a novelization of the cult classic post-rock epic The Texas Jerusalem Crossroads, which posits that Texas is the promised land bequeathed to the descendents of Abraham (This album is gorgeous and surreal)

Every piece of evidence from around the country shows that more housing, at any price range, lowers overall housing costs. You are demonstrating to me that you have not approached this topic with an open mind - you are currently led by dogmas.

Which Chat Pile song is this @chatpileband.bsky.social

Here's a bunch from the past 5 years. www.mta.info/mta-customer...

Here's a screenshot from the most recent one. Glancing through these, reliability and safety are consistently listed as being more important to riders than fare price.

The Abundance guys are annoying, don't stick the landing on their talking point conclusions, and their blind spots are obvious, but they are objectively correct that building more housing lowers median rents. This graph of peer Midwest cities shows it clearly; more supply = lower rent.

I think my discord cracked the case

Cool anecdote. How's the data for overall Minneapolis rent compared to peer cities that built less housing? Here, have a graph.

You can remove the outlier of Minneapolis and the trend is still blindingly obvious. More housing= less expensive rent.

You are trying to change the subject to avoid saying the obvious. Austin has had both sprawl and infill development, just like most cities. Does building housing make it cheaper, yes or no? Here's a cheat sheet to help

Look at any graph comparing new housing rates vs. rent in peer cities. There are many. Here's one.

I thought they were both Obama at first glance

Breaking news for @hateupton.bsky.social and any other former youth group rockers. Blindside was THE band that made me care about music as a kid.

As in this Defiler? The band that wants to see you cry, bitch?