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> I don't know how to break this on a policy level. Let's just stop flocking to overpriced places. It's that simple!

• reroute1 7y ago
  They are highly priced for a reason... because of the demand of people wanting to live there, so no it's not really that simple.
  • CydeWeys 7y ago
    Exactly. I moved to Manhattan to work for Google. Housing is much more expensive here than where I came from but it was absolutely worth it.
    • reroute1 7y ago
      Same here, I have an apt which is 30 min commute from downtown chicago and pay highly for it. But to me it's worth it over having a very long commute or finding a different job. Opportunities outside of the city are much more limited.
      • mrep 7y ago
        Chicago has got the metra though which goes out to the burbs. I grew up about 20 miles outside of downtown in the burbs and the rush hour metra would get you downtown in half an hour.
        • reroute1 7y ago
          That's true, but there are other tradeoffs with living in the suburbs. I don't have a car and get along fine in the city with public transportation, plus the benefits of the city for a single young professional outweigh the suburbs in my personal opinion. Again it is highly priced, but it's also high in demand and for me it's worth it.
          • mrep 7y ago
            > single young professional You didn't have to go further than that. Suburbs to me only make sense once you have kids. I'm planning on moving back to chicago this summer and my girlfriend and I are looking to move to a triplex (currently looking at around ukrainian village/wicker park, maybe lincoln park) for a few years until we have kids and then i still might put it off until we have a 3rd or one kid reaches kindergarten age.
    • mcguire 7y ago
      So what are all the complaints about?
      • CydeWeys 7y ago
        I'm not complaining? And if others are complaining, well, they're probably not in the same situation I am.
• wmeredith 7y ago
  “Belling the cat” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belling_the_Cat https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belling_the_Cat
• Nasrudith 7y ago
  The problem is that they are expensive unnaturally but /not/ overpriced odd as it sounds. Every big company at hubs which tried to move to cheaper locales beyond at most the network's fringe has found it a failure. That is an empirical bit of evidence that there is real value to the location. Essentially it is more expensive than it could be if the city kept up with housing development but the willingness to pay and failure to substitute means the value is real. You personally may or may not get sufficient of worth from the value just like any other tool.