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Re:Maybe Treating Housing as an Investment Was a Colossal Mi... by davidw on Monday March 06, 2023 @10:13PM (#35051083)
That's nice if you can make it work, it's a quick solution to the housing problem. But for a lot of people being close to the economic powerhouse areas of the country is a win, and we should figure out how to make that work for them. And, long term, migrating further and further out is just going to delay the problem, because it'll arrive eventually unless they're in complete economic free fall.
Re:Maybe Treating Housing as an Investment Was a Colossal Mi... by prawn on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @08:35PM (#35064025)
Another aspect is that being near family while raising your children is immensely helpful. Housing prices have gone 30-40x since my parents bought, for example. Salaries have definitely not increased at a similar pace!