The High Cost of Expensive Housing (and How Auckland Fixed It)

Re:The High Cost of Expensive Housing (and How Auckland Fixe... by pradyuprasad on Monday January 30, 2023 @02:53AM (#34577003)

Author here, I think that comparing Auckland to other cities is a relevant metric because the property bubble was nationwide but the zoning reform was Auckland only

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Re:The High Cost of Expensive Housing (and How Auckland Fixe... by EdwardDiego on Monday January 30, 2023 @04:23AM (#34577559)

Hi author, I really have to ask what research you did into the current state of rents / house prices in NZ, because your conclusions don't correlate with the current reality, at all.

Rents are going up slower in Auckland now doesn't mean much, because they already spiked through the roof in far excess of every other region five years ago.

The title is out and out misleading, because Auckland is still the most expensive city to live in (Queenstown isn't a city), and if the best that can be claimed is that rents went up a bit slower than other cities, but the increase began from an already far higher level of rent prices, then has Auckland actually solved the cost of housing?

Any New Zealander can answer that in two to three words. Either, "lol, no", or "lol, fuck no"

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Re:The High Cost of Expensive Housing (and How Auckland Fixe... by ihatepython on Monday January 30, 2023 @04:37AM (#34577661)

Technically, lol is not a word, but an abbreviation for Laughed Out Loud, so "lol, no" would be 4 words, not 2.

Unless by lol, you meant "League of Legends", which would make "lol, fuck no" 5 words, not 3.

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Re:The High Cost of Expensive Housing (and How Auckland Fixe... by EdwardDiego on Monday January 30, 2023 @04:41AM (#34577688)

Technically, you're correct. The most socially isolating form of being correct.

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