Last night, I had an idea: what would a presidential election look like if it exactly split by the share of people in each state that have a bachelor's degree or higher, with those that have more than the US as a whole went Dem, and those with less went GOP?
Apart from a few outliers in the West and Great Plains (KS/partial NE/MT/UT going Dem and NM/NV going to the Republicans), this map otherwise exactly matches 2016.
That map is a stark message for the West to get its shit together on liberalizing zoning rules, because people are going to keep moving here (because it's awesome to live over here!), and if you don't let more housing get built, it's going to get less and less affordable.
Green Habit wrote:That map is a stark message for the West to get its shit together on liberalizing zoning rules, because people are going to keep moving here (because it's awesome to live over here!), and if you don't let more housing get built, it's going to get less and less affordable.
I live in a very dense west coast city in Canada that just keeps getting denser. While the added density marginally makes it more affordable if you want to live in a small condo. However, the densification makes the whole living experience a little less with every new building coming online.
Think I’m going to try being kind to everyone a chance.
Green Habit wrote:That map is a stark message for the West to get its shit together on liberalizing zoning rules, because people are going to keep moving here (because it's awesome to live over here!), and if you don't let more housing get built, it's going to get less and less affordable.
I live in a very dense west coast city in Canada that just keeps getting denser. While the added density marginally makes it more affordable if you want to live in a small condo. However, the densification makes the whole living experience a little less with every new building coming online.
It's also different as you have "water"
"The fatal flaw of all revolutionaries is that they know how to tear things down but don't have a f**king clue about how to build anything."