America is full of abandoned malls. What if we turned them into housing?

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America is full of abandoned malls. What if we turned them into housing?
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No can do. That would drive prices down and that hurts our economy 🥸

I don't think it hurts the economy since moving people to producive areas increases productiviy.

It does hurt homeowners, who have managed to capture the regulatory regime by pressuring their city government into passing and maintaining zoning laws.