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Re:Home Price to Income Ratio by Doches on Monday September 20, 2021 @03:40PM (#28597914)
The solution, like it's been for pretty much all of American history, is to _move_. We're a migrant people; when opportunity calls or the cost of living where you are gets too high, we go west in search of greener, cheaper, less heavily-zoned pastures.

Seems fitting that in the 21st century we flip that on its head. Cost of living in SF or Seattle got you down? Go East, young man! Head down to Texas or east to Ohio, and register to vote when you get there.

Be the change you want to see.

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Re:Home Price to Income Ratio by tomtheelder on Monday September 20, 2021 @06:08PM (#28599653)
This is emphatically not the solution, nor is it a viable option for the vast majority of people. Uprooting oneself and losing your personal and professional networks is simply not realistic for most who aren't already very comfortable. Not to mention the damage that does to the communities that people migrate into.

The solution is, and always has been, to increase supply, specifically in the form of increased density.

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Re:Home Price to Income Ratio by reidjs on Monday September 20, 2021 @05:16PM (#28599111)
Most of my friends and family live here. I would rather fix the problems here than move.
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