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There is no housing crisis.

epistasis 4y ago
There's not a crisis if you already own your home and are collecting those sweet sweet land rents. And by denying the existence of others' problems, those who own land get to collect ever higher economic rents. But for everybody else, yes there's a huge housing crisis.
- TedShiller 4y ago
  I can’t afford a lot of things. I don’t call it a crisis.
  - zeraynor 4y ago
    If housing was one of them you'd probably consider it a crisis.
    - TedShiller 4y ago
      Actually housing IS one of the things I cannot afford -- if you are talking about SF, LA, NYC, etc. But luckily for me and everyone else, those are not the only places one can live.
      - deleted 4y ago
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  - workingon 4y ago
    If you couldn’t afford a place to live you may feel differently.
    - TedShiller 4y ago
      I can't afford to live in NYC or SF or LA either, but that doesn't mean I can't afford a place to live. If someone cannot afford to live in the most desirable locations in the world, but they can live almost anywhere else, that is not a crisis.
      - workingon 4y ago
        The cognitive disconnect is pretty insane here. Affordability issues are a widespread phenomen. You may be able to remote work in a low cost of living area, but the type of people who have housing instability can't. They have to be supported by the shit-tier wages in the low cost of living area, which is why it's a low cost of living area. Except now the "low cost" housing there takes up more than half someone's income at a median job in Bumfuck, State.
        TedShiller 4y ago
        Housing in the most desirable areas of the world is unaffordable (i.e. very expensive), that's true. But then so are Gucci bags and Ferraris.
        workingon 4y ago
        Did you even read what I wrote? People are experiencing lack of housing even in not typically expensive areas. I’m from the middle of nowhere west virginia, and the rents have doubled and the only local jobs are fast food tier. These people have nowhere to go and no hope to find a place to live. Get your head out of your ass.
        TedShiller 4y ago
        I think that's a good case for government needing to provide housing assistance. What you see on this forum is people complaining that housing in SF/LA/NYC is not cheap. However, in your case, I think you have a point.
        workingon 4y ago
        HN is a bubble and it’s sad so many people live in it they have no idea what is happening to 50% of the population in this country and needs it drilled into their head repeatedly that they even exist.
        benjaminwootton 4y ago

There's not a crisis if you already own your home and are collecting those sweet sweet land rents. And by denying the existence of others' problems, those who own land get to collect ever higher economic rents. But for everybody else, yes there's a huge housing crisis.

TedShiller 4y ago
I can’t afford a lot of things. I don’t call it a crisis.
- zeraynor 4y ago
  If housing was one of them you'd probably consider it a crisis.
  - TedShiller 4y ago
    Actually housing IS one of the things I cannot afford -- if you are talking about SF, LA, NYC, etc. But luckily for me and everyone else, those are not the only places one can live.
    - deleted 4y ago
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- workingon 4y ago
  If you couldn’t afford a place to live you may feel differently.
  - TedShiller 4y ago
    I can't afford to live in NYC or SF or LA either, but that doesn't mean I can't afford a place to live. If someone cannot afford to live in the most desirable locations in the world, but they can live almost anywhere else, that is not a crisis.
    - workingon 4y ago
      The cognitive disconnect is pretty insane here. Affordability issues are a widespread phenomen. You may be able to remote work in a low cost of living area, but the type of people who have housing instability can't. They have to be supported by the shit-tier wages in the low cost of living area, which is why it's a low cost of living area. Except now the "low cost" housing there takes up more than half someone's income at a median job in Bumfuck, State.
      - TedShiller 4y ago
        Housing in the most desirable areas of the world is unaffordable (i.e. very expensive), that's true. But then so are Gucci bags and Ferraris.
        workingon 4y ago
        Did you even read what I wrote? People are experiencing lack of housing even in not typically expensive areas. I’m from the middle of nowhere west virginia, and the rents have doubled and the only local jobs are fast food tier. These people have nowhere to go and no hope to find a place to live. Get your head out of your ass.
        TedShiller 4y ago
        I think that's a good case for government needing to provide housing assistance. What you see on this forum is people complaining that housing in SF/LA/NYC is not cheap. However, in your case, I think you have a point.
        workingon 4y ago
        HN is a bubble and it’s sad so many people live in it they have no idea what is happening to 50% of the population in this country and needs it drilled into their head repeatedly that they even exist.
      - benjaminwootton 4y ago