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My man 
YIMBY
Yes, but no. It's not just building more housing. We could build a million units in the Mojave and it wouldn't solve anything. It's about building units in places where opportunity to grow exists. >

Sure, build the supply where the demand is >

Therein lies the issue: towns where demand is have strict zoning laws forbidding the construction of new housing. >

Yep! It’s a bad cycle >

What Massachusetts has done us weaponized it's public transit system. Any town that has public transit (or borders a town that does) is required to allow multiple-occupancy housing. They do not get to choose if they recieve oublic transit.