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Re:Austin's Surge of New Housing Construction Drove Down Rents by tsunamifury on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @10:11PM (#47433967)
There is affordable housing all over America. Get it through your head. It’s about nearness to the economic singularity that costs so much not the housing itself.
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Re:Austin's Surge of New Housing Construction Drove Down Rents by tptacek on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @10:14PM (#47433984)
There isn't affordable housing in areas of opportunity. You can easily find cheap housing if you don't care about proximity to jobs or to good school districts.
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Re:Austin's Surge of New Housing Construction Drove Down Rents by tsunamifury on Thursday March 19, 2026 @01:47AM (#47435415)
You always come in with the useless comment. All that karma, so little value
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Re:Austin's Surge of New Housing Construction Drove Down Rents by bitmasher9 on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @10:15PM (#47433990)
What do you mean by "economic singularity"? If your goal is being near economic opportunity then Austin has plenty.

It’s not NYC or SF, but this suggests that those would be more affordable if they just built more housing.

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Re:Austin's Surge of New Housing Construction Drove Down Rents by pibaker on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @10:20PM (#47434023)
It is not affordable if it is located somewhere with no job.
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Re:Austin's Surge of New Housing Construction Drove Down Rents by tsunamifury on Thursday March 19, 2026 @01:42AM (#47435389)
Congrats, you just figured out the point of the statement
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