New York Is Full. And it’s the housing market’s fault
NYC has a population of 8.8 million people and only 300 sq miles of land [1], which works out to about 30,000 people per square mile, or 46 people per acre. That&#x27;s about 90 sq ft per person. Sounds tight to me.<p>Seems like the problem is that the land is pretty much full. How is that the housing markets fault? How many people <i>should</i> NYC be capable of handling, and who gets to decide that?<p>Can&#x27;t NYC be free to decide it&#x27;s big enough? What&#x27;s preventing people from moving elsewhere? Plenty of land in this country.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Demographics_of_New_York_City" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Demographics_of_New_York_Cit...</a>