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points by MattRix 17 hours ago | 0 comments
No, he was not saying that was his goal! That's what everyone seems to misunderstand about this quote.

It's like a highrise developer saying "people think our buildings take up a lot of land, but actually houses are much worse from a land use perspective". Which is objectively true, and yet does not mean the developer thinks the entire world should be turned into houses, or even that they dislike houses!

[–] kasabali 16 hours ago
Except he was the developer who signed a deal with land owners to buy 40% of the land with the intention of building houses to rent and caused condo prices to 5x.
[–] MattRix 1 hour ago
No, it's more like he was just clearing up the misconception that "cities would be better places to live without all the highrises in them".