How housing became the world’s biggest asset class

Re:How housing became the world’s biggest asset class by davidw on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @12:03PM (#22119386)

There are a lot of articles talking about this. Here's one I grabbed:

https://www.citylab.com/life/2012/04/why-bigger-cities-are-g...

I think in the statistic you cite, 'city' includes both the urban part and the sprawling suburbs. You'd also want to compare apples to apples: someone living a very green life in a "western" city is still likely to live a more carbon-intensive life than someone doing subsistence farming.

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Re:How housing became the world’s biggest asset class by tonyedgecombe on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @12:57PM (#22120091)

I suspect it's more about wealth, people in cities earn and spend more. In general the more you spend the bigger your carbon footprint.

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