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Re:Ask HN: What is really wrong with the US economy, really? by benched on Thursday February 27, 2014 @07:17PM (#7316370)
They lived in a small house 6 miles from downtown Boston, in a nice middle class residential neighborhood. I couldn't afford to buy that house now. This is the sort of thing that suggests to me a big picture issue.
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Re:Ask HN: What is really wrong with the US economy, really? by sliverstorm on Thursday February 27, 2014 @07:24PM (#7316416)
I couldn't afford to buy that house now

That's exactly my point though, then & now are almost certainly not apples to apples, and "Well I couldn't afford their house today" is exactly the thing that I am saying is a mistake to think.

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