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Re:Why Britain Doesn’t Build by DeathArrow on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @05:26AM (#36490708)
>It seems a bit silly to argue that increasing land prices is principally a result of marketing. The amount of earth on the planet in the last 10k years essentially hasn't changed but the number of humans has increased almost 2000%. Population growth is surely a "blind force", right?

But in some places population is the same or even declining and prices are still going up.

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Re:Why Britain Doesn’t Build by throwaway894345 on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @12:59PM (#36495661)
Sure, there are definitely other factors as well—for example, the local economy may be growing such that there is more intense competition for housing in close proximity to downtown. This is also a pretty “blind force” (rather than homeowners marketing their homes).
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