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Re:Ask HN: Do 'economic drainage basins' exist? by huitzitziltzin on Friday March 18, 2022 @02:13PM (#30725614)
Economist here.

Probably not, but I’m not really sure what you’re asking? What do you want this concept to do?

- do you want to know where people will migrate to?

- do you want to know how people will sort themselves based on some feature they possess?

Re:Ask HN: Do 'economic drainage basins' exist? by jka on Friday March 18, 2022 @02:17PM (#30725657)
Hey - thanks for responding.

I think it was this HN discussion[1] of housing prices that led me to wonder about this; I considered commenting there but it could've seemed like an obscure tangent.

It seems unsustainable societally for housing prices to continue to rise long-term, and I'm wondering if there is a way to graphically represent the state of the market and the players involved, in order to first of all understand the situation, and then to communicate what is going on to a variety of different audiences.

[1] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30723890

Re:Ask HN: Do 'economic drainage basins' exist? by RedBeetDeadpool on Friday March 18, 2022 @04:45PM (#30727296)
> unsustainable societally for housing prices to continue to rise long-term

Housing supply is rising slower than the supply of dollars.

Simple supply and demand, you should expect housing prices to continue to rise long-term and it shouldn't be a surprise, nor should it be considered unsustainable if the supply of dollars continue to increase at this rate.

Re:Ask HN: Do 'economic drainage basins' exist? by jka on Friday March 18, 2022 @05:35PM (#30727858)
If, on aggregate, each person's financial inlay over life remains in balance with those increased costs of purchase: then what you say is fair.