I looked at the plans for the new city proposed by Silicon Valley elites. They're really terrible.

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California Forever
California Forever presents an idyllic vision of city life — but it's completely clueless about how cities actually work.

California Forever

Dow drops 388 points as US stocks suffer worst loss since March on weak economic data

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A trader at the New York Stock Exchange puts his hand on his face in September 2008.

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You may hate high interest rates and home prices, but many boomers have reason to celebrate

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Fed Chair Jerome Powell's war against inflation could be helping prop up many older Americans' wallets.

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New York City's mayor is proposing major policy changes to lower housing costs and build 100,000 new homes

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Brownstone apartment houses in Manhattan, New York, United States, on October 22, 2022.
Half of New Yorkers spend more than 30% of their income on rent as a housing shortage worsens the affordability crisis.

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Apartment prices in Zurich are skyrocketing, with property being seen as 'concrete gold'

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Zurich old town by the Limmat river on a sunny summer day in Switzerland
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Airbnb is cracking down on fake listings. The platform has removed 59,000 so far this year

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Airbnb is cracking down on fake listings. The platform has removed 59,000 so far this year.

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Nobody wants to leave Texas. It's fueling an economic boom.

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Texas's population growth is helping its economy thrive.

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The paradox of the American West: plenty of open land, but nowhere to build new homes

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A conveyer belt full of houses crashes into a mountain in the West.
The cost of housing in Western states is soaring. But the simple solution — build more houses — is proving difficult.

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Western states have plenty of wide open land. So why can't they build more homes?

The share of Americans paying over $2,000 a month for a mortgage has nearly tripled in just 2 years

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A row of homes in suburban Dallas, Texas.
Dallas, Texas' population is expected to more than double from 2020 to 2029.

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A Gen Z couple pays $1,300 for a New York City microstudio. Here's how they made it work for them and their cat.

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Elana Wallach and her partner Luis Cortorreal split a tiny microstudio in the East Village.
Elana Wallach and her partner Luis Cortorreal split a tiny microstudio in the East Village.

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