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> bring back SROs Not my field, but perhaps more than just SROs?[1] Flops (no bed), dorms (no walls), cages (partial walls), and assorted forms of SROs? And

> bring back SROs Not my field, but perhaps more than just SROs?[1] Flops (no bed), dorms (no walls), cages (partial walls), and assorted forms of SROs? And perhaps in a competitive market, so there could be a price/quality spread within each type? A continuum of housing options was apparently eliminated. One of the effects of concentrating wealth and power, is governance priorities reflect that: "those parts of the economy on which you people depend... well, we disliked or didn't care about them, so they're gone now. shrug." Verizon might be 100k personnel, but opposition to network neutrality is perhaps 1k managers or 100 execs? "Sorry about your Internet, but, Wall Street and year-end bonuses, you understand." Or perhaps our own "sorry about your driving career, but aren't self-driving trucks neat?" :) [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20120620080305/http://www.city-journal.org/article01.php?aid=1529 https://web.archive.org/web/20120620080305/http://www.city-j... (via Wikipedia)

DoreenMichele 9y ago
Your article is dated Summer 1992. That's over 25 years ago, so the cost comparison figures are significantly out of date. Here is an article from 2013: https://www.citylab.com/equity/2013/07/it-time-bring-back-boarding-house/6236/ https://www.citylab.com/equity/2013/07/it-time-bring-back-bo...
- mncharity 9y ago
  > 1992 [...] so the cost comparison figures are significantly out of date Nod. Perhaps now 2x? EDIT: https://www.google.com/search?q=1992+dollars+today https://www.google.com/search?q=1992+dollars+today
  - DoreenMichele 9y ago
    It talks about renting a place in New York for $300/mo. When I google "cheapest New York apartment," the first hit is for 16 apartments under $1000. The cheapest seems to be $838. So, it might be more like x3 the "today" figures. /quick and dirty
closeparen 9y ago
Sorry about your carriage-driving career, but aren’t cars neat?

DoreenMichele 9y ago

Your article is dated Summer 1992. That's over 25 years ago, so the cost comparison figures are significantly out of date. Here is an article from 2013: https://www.citylab.com/equity/2013/07/it-time-bring-back-boarding-house/6236/ https://www.citylab.com/equity/2013/07/it-time-bring-back-bo...

mncharity 9y ago
> 1992 [...] so the cost comparison figures are significantly out of date Nod. Perhaps now 2x? EDIT: https://www.google.com/search?q=1992+dollars+today https://www.google.com/search?q=1992+dollars+today
- DoreenMichele 9y ago
  It talks about renting a place in New York for $300/mo. When I google "cheapest New York apartment," the first hit is for 16 apartments under $1000. The cheapest seems to be $838. So, it might be more like x3 the "today" figures. /quick and dirty

closeparen 9y ago

Sorry about your carriage-driving career, but aren’t cars neat?