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efields on Aug 21, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: American workers are demanding almost $80k a year ...

We have not done that. There's still plenty of developable land close to cities, and plenty of inefficient uses of space that can be better utilized. The problem is who owns it.

JumpCrisscross on Aug 21, 2023 [–]

> still plenty of developable land close to cities

Hell, there's plenty within cities [1].

[1] https://escholarship.org/content/qt5gc6w0vd/qt5gc6w0vd_noSpl...

cratermoon on Aug 21, 2023 | [–]

"On average, 22% of all land in city centers of metropolitan areas with over a million people was dedicated solely to parking." https://parkingreform.org/resources/parking-lot-map/

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