Conventional wisdom in recent years has placed much of the blame for the rising cost of living in American cities on overly strict zoning policies. But a research team featuring economists and alumni from the George Washington University Columbian College of Arts and Sciences (CCAS) discovered that higher transportation costs have a greater impact on the cost of living than zoning restrictions.
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Source: Phys.org