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As offices sit empty and housing costs soar, some Texas developers are converting workspaces into apartments (www.texastribune.org)

submitted 11 months ago by alyaza to c/citylife

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[–] sonori 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Counter point, I think that Vancouvers new policy has a solid chance of working, and that’s basically the opposite of single family housing. It will take a few years to take effect, but it should have an effect.

[–] FlashMobOfOne 7 points 11 months ago

It will take a few years to take effect

This is why few big things get done in America. My city took 30 years to build light rail because every time it came up people whined about how long it would take to build and the attendant inconvenience of the build, but now we have it and it's in the process of being expanded because it's so popular.