IDLE THOUGHTS OF AN IDLE FELLOW: The Ruminations of Robert Winter
Monday, January 23, 2012
Demographia's Annual Obeisance to the Developer
Every year it comes round - the Demographia survey that trumpets our housing unaffordability (as if we didn't know) and then, hey presto, provides the solution - free up land - endless land - for more housing development. Abandon urban limits. Let urban sprawl stretch from Whangarei to Hamilton and beyond (whilst guaranteeing to the well-off nice pockets of expensive and nicely-protected real estate). The Demographia report is the developers' annual nocturnal emission, a natural and unexceptionable event about which little need be said.
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I note that this has been on Radio New Zealand Checkpoint and subsequent bulletins, interviewing Hugh Pavletich (co-author of the report, from Christchurch) without mentioning that he is a property developer for his main job...
ReplyDeleteI was so perturbed by Demographia's work and the failure of the MSM to subject it to any criticism that I took your points and expanded on them. I linked back to your post, hope that's OK.
ReplyDeleteExcellent stuff - I am following!
ReplyDeleteThanks Robert, I will try to occasionally match the high standard you have set.
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