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Not to be a downer, but how does this fit into personalfinance? Like at all?... I mean, I agree with the point but this belongs in politics or something.
Isn't real estate affordability an important part of personal finances?
Literally no one can afford houses these days. This only affects rich and privileged people.
There are plenty of houses for sale in the 50-70k range in smaller towns that orbit large cities but sure, "literally no one"
One of the worst parts about house searching is when you look up how much you can get for relatively little if you're willing to live in impovershed areas in the middle of nowhere. The kind of places defined by the main industry that left the area at least a decade ago.
Then compare it to where you actually have to live die to life and career situations.
This is literally not true.
There are houses that sell for the same price as a car ($20‐50,000) in Pittsburgh, so your absolutist statement is dead wrong.