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19 Mar 2025 Conversations with Tyler Ezra Klein on the Abundance Agenda

“Look, I think that people, when they get rich, want space. So, to the extent that density makes it harder to have space, I think people at a certain level of wealth probably have both a place in the city and a place a bit outside the city.”

— Ezra Klein

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Ezra Klein
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belief
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19 Mar 2025
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Conversations with Tyler

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…I think that’s true. They may be more likely to live north on Connecticut Avenue, but they’re still not angling for that to be much denser. Quite the contrary. That might be right. Look, I think that people, when they get rich, want space. So, to the extent that density makes it harder to have space, I think people at a certain level of wealth probably have both a place in the city and a place a bit outside the city. What’s the argument against the abundance agenda that most genuinely troubles you?…

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