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Re:How Far Does $1 from 1999 Go Today? by ls612 on Sunday October 15, 2023 @10:00PM (#37895207)
Not everywhere has had the same housing problems SF and NYC have had.
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Re:How Far Does $1 from 1999 Go Today? by quickthrower2 on Sunday October 15, 2023 @10:27PM (#37895358)
That there exists a cheap house in a rural area doesn’t help most people who need a job. For them inflation is higher.
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Re:How Far Does $1 from 1999 Go Today? by ls612 on Sunday October 15, 2023 @10:40PM (#37895415)
Plenty of non-NYC/SF major metro areas (>1mm people) with far lower housing inflation than those cities. No need to be rural.
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Re:How Far Does $1 from 1999 Go Today? by eloisant on Monday October 16, 2023 @06:17AM (#37897769)
This is true, but the question is not whether it helps or not but if the 86% increase is the right number or not.

Yes inflation was higher in big cities.

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Re:How Far Does $1 from 1999 Go Today? by xboxnolifes on Monday October 16, 2023 @04:36AM (#37897128)
Far more than SF and NYC have had housing prices more than double over the last 20 years. Hell, doubling over that timeframe would barely be over 3% inflation.
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