Daily Exasperation #2

The tyranny of the majority strikes so hard in housing.

Majority of Americans prefer a community with big houses, even if local amenities are farther away by Ted Van Green for Pew.

There’s a Pew poll—there’s always a poll—that says in uncertain terms that “[a] majority of Americans (57%) say they would prefer to live in a community where ‘houses are larger and farther apart, but schools, stores, and restaurants are several miles away,’ according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted March 27-April 2, 2023.” As expected, this number is split across different demographic and political lines as self-identified. Seventy-two percent of Conservative Republicans prefer to live in such a place compared to 35% of Liberal Democrats, who prefer “houses [that] are smaller and closer to each other, but schools, stores, and restaurants are within walking distance.” It’s a very wide 35-point, 2x gap.