Then why bring it up? We’re talking about a system of private housing with a profit incentive

A world in which we all live in project housing is a dark one indeed

I disagree

You’re sure she didn’t delete it herself due to the attention she was probably getting?

Well it’s also way more convenient to drive in most places. Public transportation in most American cities doesn’t work well

I think people fear violent death more than they fear accidental death. If american cities want more people to ride public transportation, they need to clean up public transportation. If you’ve been outside of the US you see how countries with far fewer resources than us do a lot more with their public transportation.

They’re cleaner, less noisy, and the police will actually do something about antisocial behavior on the trains. Until we have something like that in thr US, I will avoid taking the bus

One of these things is not like the other

This is a gross simplification. Public transportation IS full of mentally ill people and the homeless, and lots of women feel unsafe on busses and trains. It’s not the rich who prefer personal vehicle transport; everyone does

This policy is called rent control and it doesn’t work. New York has it and rent is still astronomical. All you would do is eliminate any incentive to build new housing, which is the actual source of the problem

This doesn’t solve the problem, which is the lack of new supply. The real solution is to deregulate zoning