Re:UBI Would Likely Increase Poverty Rather Than Reduce It (...
by RestlessMind on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @02:50AM
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> demand to living in expensive areas will go down because it'll be (proportionally) less necessary to live where the jobs are.
Expensive areas are expensive not only because of jobs but for many other reasons, mainly related to entertainment. Even with UBI, NYC will remain far more attractive than middle America because of a better {dating, restaurants, bars, museums, ...} scene.
If UBI is indeed universal and you'll get it regardless of where you live, then the value of "living there" will go down proportionally, because the value of living elsewhere will go up, relatively speaking. Another way of looking at this is that demand to living in expensive areas will go down because it'll be (proportionally) less necessary to live where the jobs are.