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Re:Making sense of what’s going on in the housing market by refurb on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @11:31PM (#26898416)
Let me guess, they all want to live in a major urban center?

There are plenty of places in the US where housing is still affordable. Sure, maybe it’s not your first choice and maybe you won’t be keeping up with the Jones’.

Places like Austin, Denver/Boulder hell, even Seattle were affordable not that long ago. But they weren’t cool (which is why they were affordable). Suddenly they become desirable, housing prices go up and people complain they can afford to buy where everyone else is buying.

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Re:Making sense of what’s going on in the housing market by lotsofpulp on Thursday April 22, 2021 @02:23PM (#26906137)
Yes, no one wants the tradeoffs of moving east of the Rockies, and everyone wants to be within 45min of an airport. But that's the awkwardness I'm talking about, caused by the gap in the group of friends of those who can afford to continue living where they want to live without making tradeoffs that the others would have to.
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