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		georgeecollins on April 20, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Small cities in America’s Mountain West are boomin... California had a population of 10m in 1950, and 40m today. So presumably some housing was built. In that period California added the GDP of a mid sized European economy. Such a disaster.

davidw on April 20, 2021 [–]

Here's a chart showing California housing production. It's a pretty big failure over the past 15 years or so:

https://bendyimby.com/2018/11/03/california/

georgeecollins on April 20, 2021 | [–]

Plenty of houses in Detroit.

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