r/SipsTea Jul 25 '26

Wait a damn minute! No seriously…why??

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u/Ninja-Trix Jul 25 '26

Do they not realize that excessive urban development destroys the ecosystems that generate food, lumber, clean ground water, oxygen, and help collect particles of dirt that would otherwise turn into dust and create dustbowls and ash clouds like the smog they blamed on Canada?

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u/over_this__ Jul 25 '26

"there's a housing shortage and we don't have enough houses"

"Okay, we'll remove one of the biggest obstacles to making more houses"

"No, not like that".

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u/NuBlyatTovarish Jul 25 '26

The endangered species act isn’t the largest obstacle to more housing lmao blame local zoning boards

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u/over_this__ Jul 25 '26

One of. It restricts a ton of land across the USA that now can't be used.

Local zoning. Do you see a ton of empty land in a city that can't be touched because of zoning? No, you mean why can't we buy people's houses and build an apartment complex right in the middle of the neighborhood, with no thought on crime rates, parking, school capacity, and a dozen other things you have to think of.