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Re:'It's just vape, nail, charity shops': Can anything save ... by asdff on Thursday November 05, 2026 @02:25AM (#50376184)
Traditionaly as in since what post redlining ban downzoning in the 1960s? No peasant was expecting their hovel to be an investment vehicle where they’d replace the doorknobs with cheaper furnishings and 10x their investment and somehow their peasant kids working peasant jobs would afford that.

I mean isn’t the whole rub the cost of housing is outpacing wages? Goes to show how short our historical perspective really is.

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Re:'It's just vape, nail, charity shops': Can anything save ... by lifestyleguru on Thursday November 05, 2026 @03:44AM (#50376764)
> No peasant was expecting their hovel to be an investment

It is not:) There was a fortunate coincidence of factors like economy, demography, immigration from EU countries which enabled it. Now that's all over, it's gone.

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