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not-on-a-boat t1_j8qlb0u wrote
Reply to comment by roundearthervaxxer in Can 3-D Printing Help Solve the Housing Crisis? - Standard construction can be slow, costly, and inefficient. Machines might do it better. by speckz
No, it's mostly land.
You can't put more people into San Francisco. It's not because SF can't get building materials or construction costs are too much. It's because there's no land where you can build more housing, so people live further and further from the city center to find affordable housing.
You can make land more efficient by increasing the number of housing units built on the land. That's a great solution. But it has nothing to do with the labor cost of home construction.
not-on-a-boat t1_j8ppfku wrote
Reply to comment by roundearthervaxxer in Can 3-D Printing Help Solve the Housing Crisis? - Standard construction can be slow, costly, and inefficient. Machines might do it better. by speckz
The problem with housing access isn't buildings. It's land.
not-on-a-boat t1_j8pox3a wrote
Reply to comment by villagewinery in Can 3-D Printing Help Solve the Housing Crisis? - Standard construction can be slow, costly, and inefficient. Machines might do it better. by speckz
I think productivity has improved. Those gains might not be reflected in housing costs, but that's not the same. I saw two guys put up a whole house of windows in one day a couple years ago. When my parents built a house in the 90s, that took a week. Concrete pours are faster, electrical is faster and cheaper, roofing is more efficient. There are lots of efficiency gains.
not-on-a-boat t1_j7fbxdh wrote
Reply to comment by throwwwwwawaaa65 in What weak signals or drivers of change—that receive limited attention today—are most likely to create signifiant impacts over the next 10-20 years? Where are the black swans hiding? by NewDiscourse
Yeah but immigration solves a lot of this and if the money is good enough, it doesn't have to be legal immigration.
not-on-a-boat t1_j7fbuxs wrote
Reply to What weak signals or drivers of change—that receive limited attention today—are most likely to create signifiant impacts over the next 10-20 years? Where are the black swans hiding? by NewDiscourse
Water shortages along the Colorado River are going to create some disruptive changes to water rights, agricultural technology, and land values in the coming decades.
not-on-a-boat t1_j9fmp70 wrote
Reply to comment by doogiejonez in Can 3-D Printing Help Solve the Housing Crisis? - Standard construction can be slow, costly, and inefficient. Machines might do it better. by speckz
The economics of high speed rail rely on density, though.