Entirely the rent, and the rent seeking, and the complete lack of housing, sheer greed that drives all the problems. Hidden deeply on another page someone refe

Entirely the rent, and the rent seeking, and the complete lack of housing, sheer greed that drives all the problems. Hidden deeply on another page someone references a site with numbers from 50 years ago, 1971. (#1) I don't really care what the agenda of that site happens to be; but the numbers. Compare the numbers to today: Everyone is FAR worse off today and in my generation. US nationally (today 2021) about 85K is equivalent to the cited 25K 1971 numbers. :: ~10X cost of living (edited, I unconsciously compared to the wrong number.) Seattle is far more distorted, with housing beyond out of control (I don't know what kind of house was being looked at for the 1971 numbers, but it really doesn't matter, there's almost nothing even remotely near the national price within the region). Seattle's rent is completely out of control; beyond any rational measure. No wonder neither I nor my generation can make any savings; it's all being consumed by rent seeking land owners. Income 10600 %Income71 House 25200 237.736 Car 3600 33.962 RentYear 1800 16.981 UniYear 2600 24.528 Gas5000mi 100 0.943 Mail500invite 40 0.377 - USA 2021 Equiv71 House 269000 113151 Car 30500 89806 RentYear 14400 84800 UniYear 26100 106408 Gas5000mi 483.33 51233 Mail500invite 290 76850 - Seattle 2021 Equiv71 House 750000 315476 Car 30500 89806 RentYear 36000 212000 UniYear 31200 127200 Gas5000mi 533.33 56533 Mail500invite 290 76850 #1 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27476654 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27476654 #2 https://wtfhappenedin1971.com/ https://wtfhappenedin1971.com/