“There is no evidence that building “market rate” housing has ever lowered the cost of housing anywhere.” Umm, yes if your source for information is your cat. Try doing some searches on this magic box you are communicating through and you’ll find much to your chagrin that yes, adding tons of new housing has somehow magically alleviated housing crunches and lowered rents in several places, Chicago is one of the most recent examples.

It’s not like the tech workers in Seattle make any less than the workers here, and honestly when you walk around Seattle it feels like proportionally they make up a much larger percentage of the population than here. So why is their cost of living less? And why hasn’t it exploded. I mean that as a serious question, because the answer is clear to me, but elusive to other people.