• Asafum
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    10 months ago

    I absolutely agree. I think the “smaller houses” bit just sent me off on a rant because I keep hearing that argument as a way to dismiss current housing price issues, but it’s just not the reality I see when I look at glorified sheds selling for 300k.

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      10 months ago

      Well there’s also a dramatic under-supply of housing as well.

      A tripling in housing cost resulting in average houses costing $80k or so, which would approximately align with price increase/sqft would be much more tenable for people.

      Still, it’s a higher standard of living and more expensive though, and should be taken into account when looking to provide the right economic conditions for people. That’s why I brought that up.

      Bottom line is, as always, fuck NIMBYism and build more. Big houses, small houses, multi-family housing, all of it.