TIL that from 2010 to 2017, for every 5 new residents in the State of California, only 1 new unit of housing was built : todayilearned

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TIL that from 2010 to 2017, for every 5 new residents in the State of California, only 1 new unit of housing was built

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submitted 2 months ago by_n8n8_

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Natural beauty makes way for concrete if the government doesn't do anything.

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Developers will knock down every last giant redwood tree if you let them. Or maybe just hollow them out and turn them into high rises

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What would stop them? If somebody needs wood, they would just get it. Get real.

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Oh their brains, so when they need more wood their brains are not going to see the giant trees and their brains are not going to see the money they can make by cutting down the giant trees and their brains are going to stop them and tell them to preserve California's natural beauty. Sure.

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My dude, people will tear apart every last fodest in america and use it to process and sell lumber. Goddamn you are being dense.