No one forced them to pay more than the minimum for housing.
Not all land in a given area are equal in their attribute and there's fundamental scarcity in desirable lands. The richest presumably purchases houses in locations that has the most amenities, while everybody scrambles for the rest.
Re:Why didn’t we get the four-hour workday?
by lotsofpulp on Friday January 06, 2023 @06:28PM
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Hence it is not housing costs “forcing” people to compete, it is people’s desire to have more than others.
Which is not necessarily a bad thing, it is very well possible the lower priced housing has unacceptable attributes, but that leads to different causal factors.
Where you live also determine access to jobs, educations, and other opportunities.
Cities are more valuable for this reason.
It is also determined by housing supply in a given location and transportation policies, how we decided that homes are investments which increases exclusionary NIMBY behaviors.
It is not merely 'desire to have more' than the other that determine the cost of living.
Re:Why didn’t we get the four-hour workday?
by dropit_sphere on Friday January 06, 2023 @07:23PM
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lower-priced housing often has unacceptable attributes simply by virtue being lower-priced, as crime rates and schools are worse.
Re:Why didn’t we get the four-hour workday?
by marmadukester39 on Friday January 06, 2023 @07:05PM
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Its because of the schools. Since we in the US tied school funding to property taxes, getting your kid a good education if you arent truly wealthy enough to pay for private schools (now 30kish per kid per year) means living near other better off people , or sacrificing your kids future and perhaps their safey.
No one forced them to pay more than the minimum for housing.