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Re:To Cut Down Poverty, Cut Down the Cost of Living by ThomPete on Friday August 05, 2016 @01:20AM (#12230214)
Thats hardly the reason since the exact opposite happens in NY where rent has gone way up at places which doesn't have rent control.
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Re:To Cut Down Poverty, Cut Down the Cost of Living by enraged_camel on Friday August 05, 2016 @04:20AM (#12230774)
That's because some places have rent control and others don't. You have to make it like Tokyo where nowhere in the whole city had them.
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Re:To Cut Down Poverty, Cut Down the Cost of Living by ThomPete on Friday August 05, 2016 @08:26AM (#12231714)
Please point to any evidence of that claim.
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Re:To Cut Down Poverty, Cut Down the Cost of Living by bryanlarsen on Friday August 05, 2016 @05:31AM (#12230987)
I'm sorry I mentioned rent control, that's a minor effect. The big factor is the lax zoning.
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