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Felagund
35m ago
but I have to admit they have us beat!
Well, except in volume. But yeah, if they all moved here, I assume they'd be downvoted heavily, which is a shame.
stav
34m ago
And it wouldn’t be enough. Look at the NYC and Jersey area. The Bay Area is the Hollywood of nerds. There’s 4 places in the US you have to be and it’s NYC, Bay Area, DC, and LA. People will just move in keeping prices high if they build more. NYC has insane levels of housing density but unless you are going to move those whites off Staten Island by force we are stuck with what we have.
sarker
Where are the Snowdens of yesteryear?
30m ago
And it wouldn’t be enough.
What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.
Look at the NYC and Jersey area.
We're talking about adding one-third of an NYC worth of housing in a single development to the Bay area, increasing housing stock by 40%.
I simply don't believe you. Bring a model that doesn't rely on eternal population growth which has already reversed in the bay area for years now and show your work.
sarker
Where are the Snowdens of yesteryear?
29m ago
I have literally never heard a Californian complain about the unpleasantness of earthquakes.
RandomRanger
Just build nuclear plants!
17m ago
Isn't it whites that created the desirable accommodation and the jobs? The entire industries in question? The institutions that allow economic prosperity?
You're complaining that the people who developed the world economy, implemented free trade and organized mass migration aren't getting out of the way quickly enough, so you can reap more spoils from a presumably highly paid software job?
I have to admire your straightforwardness and consistency in this position.
FCfromSSC
Nuclear levels of sour
13m ago
No argument there. But Reconstruction didn't actually work like it was supposed to, resulting in Jim Crow, and that sowed the seeds for lots of problems we're still dealing with. There's an argument that letting things slide helps keep the peace, but if people start noticing that one cohesive group has its wrongdoings ignored, and another group has even non-wrongdoings hammered mercilessly, that builds resentment.
RandomRanger
Just build nuclear plants!
8m ago
Fact check "Young white men vote Trump": Mostly True
"For example, young White men supported President Trump by 6 points (51% vs 45%)"
https://circle.tufts.edu/latest-research/election-week-2020#the-views-of-young-trump-voters
Though you're also correct in that young people vote Democrat and that young white men don't overwhelmingly vote Republican: Young White voters preferred Biden by 6 points (51% vs. 45%).
Not saying you can't do this. Just that it's unpleasant.
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