As I said above, we're not talking about the game. I never mentioned the game in my original post. We're talking about how building new housing lowers housing prices and reduces homelessness.
No one here is claiming that if NIMBYs did not exist that all problems would be solved. I am only pointing out the fact that the housing shortage is the cause of high housing prices and most homelessness in America: https://www.sightline.org/2022/03/16/homelessness-is-a-housing-problem/
And we know that not building enough housing is the cause of the housing shortage. NIMBYs are blocking new housing construction. Therefore, NIMBYs are causing the housing and homelessness crisis. It is reasonable to point out that a political group of people are causing big issues with the policies they advocate.
Corporate executives and major shareholders are people, through, and someone coming up to you for criticizing corporate executives and saying "substitute Jews for executives and see what you get" would be unfair to you, and you doing this to me is unfair to me as well.
Religious minorities aren't hurting anyone when they practice their religion. NIMBYs blocking new housing construction are hurting ordinary people by driving up housing costs and forcing ordinary people into homelessness.
Plus, new housing construction does not hurt people's lifestyles. New housing is going on other people's land. No one is building on NIMBYs' land against their will. No one is moving in with NIMBYs against their will.
Nope, the criticism still applies to you. I mentioned NIMBYs once, and you keep bringing it up. You are the one who is obsessed with NIMBYs, not me.
I am only pointing out the fact that the housing shortage is the cause of high housing prices and most homelessness in America: https://www.sightline.org/2022/03/16/homelessness-is-a-housing-problem/
And we know that not building enough housing is the cause of the housing shortage. NIMBYs are blocking new housing construction. Therefore, NIMBYs are causing the housing and homelessness crisis. It is reasonable to point out that a political group of people are causing big issues with the policies they advocate.
If a political grouping of people are advocating policies that have bad effects, it is reasonable to point that they are causing those bad effects.
People have the freedom of movement within America. They're going to come to California or other places for jobs, be with family, or for other reasons. No matter what, they will come anyway.
And even if they stayed in where in America they originally came from, a lack of housing caused by NIMBYs would drive up housing prices where they are. NIMBYs are still responsible for the housing crisis.
NIMBYs are still responsible for the housing crisis. New housing construction does not hurt people's lifestyles. New housing is going on other people's land. No one is building on NIMBYs' land against their will. No one is moving in with NIMBYs against their will. People moving into a city or state does not hurt the NIMBYs. Yet they advocate policies that would hurt other people through higher rents and more homelessness.
When people move, it's typically for employment or family related reasons. Movies don't have to do with it.
Homelessness is mostly caused by a lack of housing: https://www.sightline.org/2022/03/16/homelessness-is-a-housing-problem/
Drug use doesn't correlate with homelessness. West Virginia has high drug use yet a low homelessness rate.
As we already talked about earlier, many dense cities achieve density through five story and below buildings. Paris has few skyscrapers, yet has a density of twice New York City. And things like duplexes mean we can achieve density through even lower buildings. I have no idea where you are getting skyscrapers from, because we don't need them for density.
Population growth is not infinite. There is no infinite demand for housing.
Building more housing typically lowers prices, which is the opposite of what we would see if it created demand: https://www.upjohn.org/research-highlights/new-apartment-buildings-low-income-ar...
Again, the entire world is not moving to America.
Building new cities in the middle of nowhere is not a solution. Jobs and economic activities concentrate in existing major metro areas because of economies of scale. Stuff built in the middle of nowhere will not have that. We can see this even with the rise of remote working- remote workers still typically gravitate to existing metro areas.
People are already decentralizing by trying to move to other cities, but this is only spreading the housing crisis. Boise and Spokane, among many other cities, have seen increases in rents as people attempt to seek new housing there. NIMBYs are in those cities, too, and housing production because of that has not kept up. The solution to the housing and homelessness crisis is to build more housing where people need it.