Profiling the Abundance Housing Bottleneck with Real Data

Profiling the "Abundance" housing bottleneck with real data

I tested Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson's 'chosen scarcity' theory against real data from Austin, San Francisco, Vienna, and London. While Austin proves that clearing regulatory valves boosts housing throughput, Vienna shows that building a parallel public system works even better. My analysis reveals that clearing the pipe isn't the only solution, and we must profile messy problems before assuming a single fix exists.

"Profile before you optimize. Don't assume you already know which function is slow, check."