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Re:How much do construction costs matter to the price of hou... by michaelt on Thursday February 17, 2022 @05:03AM (#30371405)
Imagine my great-grandfather planted a seed 150 years ago for $0, then we did nothing but wait for 150 years, then I chop it down and get $100 of lumber.

But you can't enter the market and compete with me, because you don't have the right grandfather.

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Re:How much do construction costs matter to the price of hou... by Rd6n6 on Thursday February 17, 2022 @08:36AM (#30372865)
Property values in Canada are quite high. That free free squatted on non-free land for 150 years before you got to chop it down. How many dollars per year did the land cost for those 150 years?

Just saying that the free tree isn’t free

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