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Re:Why the government took home prices out of its main infla... by Geonode on Friday May 27, 2022 @07:49PM (#31536243)
Or maybe there's an ideal size for a given area based on geography and maybe many areas are already at that size.
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Re:Why the government took home prices out of its main infla... by imtringued on Saturday May 28, 2022 @08:05AM (#31539646)
Stop inviting more people then, why do you hog all the jobs and then complain that people are coming to the place with all the jobs?
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Re:Why the government took home prices out of its main infla... by 1270018080 on Friday May 27, 2022 @11:28PM (#31537355)
A single family home is never the ideal size for any amount of geography.
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Re:Why the government took home prices out of its main infla... by Geonode on Saturday May 28, 2022 @08:02AM (#31539635)
A single family home is the ideal, period. Ideally with ten or more acres.

Some people would increase density until we're all living in Blade Runner hoping it would make rents drop.

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Re:Why the government took home prices out of its main infla... by 1270018080 on Saturday May 28, 2022 @03:59PM (#31543256)
If your goal is for housing to be affordable for the average person, a single family home is never the ideal for any piece of geography. It just comes down to priorities.
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Re:Why the government took home prices out of its main infla... by Geonode on Saturday May 28, 2022 @08:52PM (#31545193)
Saying it twice doesn't make it less wrong. The priority is never packing as many people as possible into a given area. Its quality of life.
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Re:Why the government took home prices out of its main infla... by cudgy on Saturday May 28, 2022 @01:51AM (#31537936)
It might be ideal for the family.
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