I guess we fundamentally agree where we are at, except you have more optimism about ability to change the system. Not gonna shit on that, I want that change but also, nothing is getting better and it is getting worse for most people.
I highly doubt anything will get better within our life time, maybe in 20-30 years, best case.
Boomers build this world for us, so this is what it is.
Best we can do, is build a better one for our kids.
Maybe I’m an optimist, but I genuinely believe that big change isn’t that far into the future. Completely revamping the country to go back to dense cities and towns that aren’t dependent on cars is a long term thing, but seeing a housing boom is something that can happen within the next few years. I mean the hard part is just getting those laws updated. Once they are and developers are incentivized to build more homes, multifamily homes, and mixed zoned buildings they would get right to it. We’re getting to a point where we’re starting to see real change in a lot cities and even some states:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-family_zoning#Rezoning_efforts_(2018-present)
I mean California, the biggest state in the country effectively eliminated single family zoning statewide. We’re also seeing change in conservative and liberal states. I’m hoping these changes yield positive results that will lead to a wave that will eventually lead to changes at the national level. Kind of like how it happened with gay marriage recently or is happening right now with marijuana legalization and the minimum wage.
