How the Housing Shortage Warps American Life
<em>Atlantic</em> writers explain why a lack of housing makes everything worse.
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Housing shortages color all aspects of American life, my colleague Annie Lowrey wrote over the weekend, including bagels, music, and education. The solution seems simple: Build more homes. But that’s much easier said than done, especially when Americans disagree about the basic facts of the crisis.
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“In my mind, bagel shops open at 6 a.m.,” my colleague Annie Lowrey over the weekend. “That’s how it works. You should be
