THEY GET THE CAUSATION BACKWARDS, THEY SEE NEW BUILDINGS AND RISING RENTS AND THINK THE NEW BUILDINGS CAUSED THE RISING RENTS BUT ACTUALLY THE RISING RENTS CAUSED THE NEW BUILDINGS, SUPPLY DEMAND IMBALANCE MADE IT MORE PROFITABLE TO BUILD THERE, ALSO WHAT LOOKS LIKE LUXURY ARCHIT
@DeanBaker13 He indicates at the end of the tweet that this is about electability. Biden was infinitely better than trump and lost because of the dynamic Nate is talking about
@ryangrim "leverage" lol I'm certain that you have no idea what actual steps could reasonably have gotten McConnell to cave... stopping that nomination was like the most important thing in the world to McConnell
@mattyglesias Not the premise but is there an argument for using the $1b to create a for profit MR housing developer and the altruistic angle is that they build projects in HCOL cities that don't quite pencil and wouldn't otherwise happen? Might be self sustaining
@HStrongs@no1dicknixonfan@lilbabygandhi If you believe otherwise I would question everything you think you know about politics, what you're reading, who you're listening to, your entire ecosystem. If it matters I was a strong Biden supporter until every indication including polling suggested what I'm saying is true
@AzizSunderji@mnolangray Yimbyism has been taken up by Dem socialists (Mamdami, Wilson, Raman), conservative governments (Montana, North Dakota, Florida, Texas), normie Dems (abundance), neolibs, urbanists, as well as people willing to bend on promoting sprawl (the fight against Warren's anti BTR law)