Comment Re:Stupid solution, move jobs elsewhere (Score 2) 78
The real problem is over-crowding. Everyone is forced to live in the same place, which is driving land prices up and up. Instead force jobs to move elsewhere, that will bring down the demand for the same piece of land.
No one is forced to live in expensive areas. Those areas are expensive because of the sheer number of people that WANT to live there. They could, in most cases, live and work in cheaper areas, and have a nice house and job. But New York is New York Expensive because legions of twentysomethings have a romantic itch to live that "New York Experience", and so the city is constantly stuffed with people trying to get in.
Everyone can't have a pony. And everyone can't live in the most expensive areas.