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Jeremiah Johnson 🌐@JeremiahDJohns

There are cities that build lots of housing and where housing is cheap (green). There are cities that build little housing and are expensive (purple). There is no city in America that builds lots of housing and is also expensive. That giant red box is completely empty.

2:16 PM · Jan 17, 2023

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More recent data, from the same Twitter thread:

Jeremiah Johnson 🌐@JeremiahDJohns

Lots of people asked for more updated data in this thread, so here you go courtesy of my pal @sadBusdriver. 2000-2019, same pattern.

Jeremiah Johnson 🌐 @JeremiahDJohns

There are cities that build lots of housing and where housing is cheap (green). There are cities that build little housing and are expensive (purple). There is no city in America that builds lots of housing and is also expensive. That giant red box is completely empty. https://t.co/Oi8t9ZjTF5

2:36 PM · Jan 19, 2023

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