tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post9203719729510706365..comments2024-01-12T00:32:20.149-08:00Comments on The Overhead Wire: Destroying What You're Trying to ProtectPantograph Trolleypolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17833159138533550544noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-37034436420183970072009-02-17T19:21:00.000-08:002009-02-17T19:21:00.000-08:00The market was good at providing housing that was ...The market was good at providing housing that was cheap and fast. It was not good at providing housing that was cheap fast and walkable, because the homebuilders were using templates written by the government. <BR/><BR/>Yuppies like me can get housing that is walkable and fast. The rest of the country get what is offered them, take it or leave it. And what is offered needs to change.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-43683640381883762562009-02-17T11:11:00.000-08:002009-02-17T11:11:00.000-08:00The free market WAS a good sight better at providi...The free market WAS a good sight better at providing low-income housing back before the housing market got so overheated and gentrification exploded around 1995. And it may well be once again now that the housing market is collapsing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-24084138788776733242009-02-16T23:41:00.000-08:002009-02-16T23:41:00.000-08:00"If people in lower tax brackets are seeking it, t..."If people in lower tax brackets are seeking it, the market isn't going to notice, because when it comes to housing for the lower and middle classes, the market listens to the government, and the government therefore needs to do some due f*cking diligence."<BR/><BR/>But! But! The free market will always provide the best result for everybody! That nasty government just needs to stay out of it! You couldn't possibly be saying...Morgan Wickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09816659818434590943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-32513834023737529672009-02-16T18:24:00.000-08:002009-02-16T18:24:00.000-08:00"Dense, transit oriented is good and useful for t..."Dense, transit oriented is good and useful for those who seek it. "<BR/><BR/>Yes, but in the marketplace, the only people who "seek" it are yuppies like me. If people in lower tax brackets are seeking it, the market isn't going to notice, because when it comes to housing for the lower and middle classes, the market listens to the government, and the government therefore needs to do some due f*cking diligence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-80621102278145124012009-02-16T16:11:00.000-08:002009-02-16T16:11:00.000-08:00Where its enthusiasts err is in feeling that many ...<I>Where its enthusiasts err is in feeling that many more people, maybe all, should be seeking it and that spending lots of tax money will make that happen.</I><BR/><BR/>It's pretty obvious that people ARE seeking it. Just look at the bursting population figures of cities like NY and SF, which are full of refugees from cities that either gave it up or never had it to begin with.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-44815308590272007052009-02-15T21:29:00.000-08:002009-02-15T21:29:00.000-08:00It's interesting that the libertarians are such bi...It's interesting that the libertarians are such big fans of the almost entirely government-owned and government-funded road system, rather than the (originally) privately owned and privately funded system of long distance, interurban, and street railways. I'd like to also remind them of the Broken Window Fallacy. Making people spend money on something they don't really want or need (cars) doesn't provide any net benefit to the economy.crzwdjkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394805356595604336noreply@blogger.com