top | item 21263047 (no title) throwing838383 | 6 years ago There are many examples where that's not true: places like the beautiful college town of madison, Houston, Chicago, etc.High living costs are a self imposed problem: housing regulation and zoning. discuss order hn newest jhall1468|6 years ago I agree, generally, but that's ignoring geographic boundaries which are huge for cities like Seattle and San Francisco. It's not the main issue (regulation and zoning are) but it's still a big piece of it. aledalgrande|6 years ago Yeah I guess you could get around it by building a ton of infrastructure like in Japan.
jhall1468|6 years ago I agree, generally, but that's ignoring geographic boundaries which are huge for cities like Seattle and San Francisco. It's not the main issue (regulation and zoning are) but it's still a big piece of it. aledalgrande|6 years ago Yeah I guess you could get around it by building a ton of infrastructure like in Japan.
aledalgrande|6 years ago Yeah I guess you could get around it by building a ton of infrastructure like in Japan.
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