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[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The fact that American sprawl cities have affordable housing shows that sprawl does help. Yes, sprawl is bad economics and worse environmentalism, but it does control housing prices.

For example, Zillow pegs the median home price in Houston, TX at $260k USD. It's a suburban hellscape, but a reasonably-priced one.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Housing cost doesn't matter on its own. Cost of living is what matters. If you get a cheap house but you need to spend a lot on transportation to get anywhere and do anything you're still fucked. Houston suburbs are gonna be more expensive to live in than a small apartment in urban Montreal.