Source: Niskanen Center
by David Schleigher
“A central claim in the abundance literature is that power in liberal-dominated areas lies with homeowners and the groups they support. Homeowners, seeking to preserve their housing values among other less savory goals, have supported zoning regulations that have destroyed housing markets. Texas housing markets, where such regulations are looser, really are much more accommodating of the American middle class than the millionaires’ playgrounds of New York or San Francisco real estate. The fact that so many ordinary Americans are moving from California to Texas exposes this reality. … The same thing goes for infrastructure. The central lesson of the growing body of work on infrastructure development is that ‘citizen voice’ has slowed and increased the cost of projects throughout the country.” (03/20/25)
https://www.niskanencenter.org/what-left-wing-critics-dont-get-about-abundance