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Jerry_Williams69 t1_j7qzgjx wrote

Reply to comment by Ok-Title-270 in How Can We The Increase Affordable Housing Supply? Ideas? by twentiesforever

I never said I put my faith in the government. I just said don't trust the free market and the people/companies who dominate it. Especially not in this late stage of capitalism we are in. It is not an either/or situation.

I don't know enough about Gainesville to determine if you are actually making a point or not. Low cost of living and available housing could point to the area being undesirable as much as being better run. That's why I was asking about wages and cost of living. Detroit has a low cost of living and available housing too.

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Ok-Title-270 t1_j7r0rzg wrote

>I never said I put my faith in the government

Then why do you want them to control everything?

I don't know the intricacies of VT vs Gainesville incomes etc but my point is I lived there and there's readily available multi unit housing for prices that residents can afford, and there's not a bunch of people desperately looking for housing they can barely afford

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Jerry_Williams69 t1_j7r17r4 wrote

Never said that. Is it really that binary for you? Solutions need to be collaborative in Vermont's case. Neither the free market alone or the government alone can solve this puzzle.

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Ok-Title-270 t1_j7smtvf wrote

We've seen lots of government already and it's failed. Why would more work better?

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