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Codspear t1_j6md0j6 wrote

Reply to comment by RoaminRonin13 in Maura Healey wants to solve the state’s housing crisis. Here’s step one. by _Hack_The_Planet_

> “The Market” isn’t going to solve this problem, it’s perfectly fine with how expensive housing is.

The market is why Houston is cheap. It doesn’t have the senseless idiocy of zoning laws.

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taudep t1_j6mv6u7 wrote

>Add a quarter of a mil to that to get within a commuting distance of Boston that isn't going to make you regret your life decisions.

Houston also has nearly endless "free" land surrounding it and a population density of 3800 per mile, vs 14K - 15K for Boston. So on that note, Boston's already succeeding at nearly 3.5 - 4x the density of cramming people in?

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