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If the lower income citizens are taken care of I don't see the issue with heavily regulated/taxed and prohibitively expensive property. It's supply and demand. It couldn't work any other way and it's a much better way to deal with the issue than ridiculous and ineffective knee-jerk blanket bans like in NZ.

Singapore offers a great quality of life. If you don't like it why do you stay here? High density has it's unique characteristics that may be less desirable for certain personalities but if you care about the environment and bio-diversity even in the slightest you would understand that taking a self-centred "I like my garden" approach to housing is absolutely the wrong way to go. This mindset has totally and utterly destroyed Ireland, my home country.



it's certainly not supply and demand if 80% of the market is heavily regulated by the government. nor does it need to be.

i didn't say i don't like it. i said i'm conscious of the consequences of high population density.

this is the first time i'm hearing about ireland being destroyed. do i need to send blankets? potatoes? :)

please cut the hyperbole, it's polarizing and not helpful.




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