U.S. house prices are rising exponentially faster than income

Re:U.S. house prices are rising exponentially faster than in... by Spivak on Saturday October 30, 2021 @03:26PM (#29051593)

You're dis-agreeing with the parent. The problem is that for almost everyone houses are unaffordable without mortgages and the only alternatives to it -- smaller homes, mobile homes, vandwelling are bad. But they're bad not because of something fundamental but because we make it artificially harder for them.

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Re:U.S. house prices are rising exponentially faster than in... by mlac on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @07:12AM (#29093109)

Thank you! That’s not how I interpreted that original post, but

It’s not that small houses are bad. Small houses (as I’d define it 1000-1750 sq ft for a 3 bedroom) are great.

But I still see it written as “if those structures were removed” that those alternatives are a suitable alternative to a stick-built house for the majority of people. I think they are all sub-optimal solutions that people should not be forced into unless they want to.

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