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Re:Most Wasabi Is Fake [video] by theoh on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @07:38PM (#19448073)
I checked this out. FLW actually said (in the 30s) "a 10k house for 5K", which translates to a 200k house for 100k today.

source: https://www.jstor.org/stable/4633622

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Re:Most Wasabi Is Fake [video] by jahewson on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @08:24PM (#19448327)
Yes indeed. Though most of his so-called $5k houses actually ended up costing around $20k.
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Re:Most Wasabi Is Fake [video] by rwmj on Thursday March 21, 2019 @06:13AM (#19450587)
And having leaking roofs.
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Re:Most Wasabi Is Fake [video] by falsedan on Thursday March 21, 2019 @07:59AM (#19451262)
that's how you know it's a Frank Lloyd Wright house
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Re:Most Wasabi Is Fake [video] by naravara on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @07:43PM (#19448106)
Ah I misremembered the quote. Thanks. Edited and fixed
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