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An empty home in rural Iowa is not a substitute for a home in a thriving urban area.

• kelseyfrog 4y ago
  This rebuttal would be easier to accept if it was paired with a population & vacancy density map to back it up. There surely exist rural vacancies, but am I to understand that you believe most vacancies are rural?
  • khuey 4y ago
    The states with the highest vacancy rates are pretty rural (and Florida, which likely has lots of vacation homes). https://www.lendingtree.com/home/mortgage/vacancy-rates-study/ https://www.lendingtree.com/home/mortgage/vacancy-rates-stud...
    • kelseyfrog 4y ago
      Thank you. My search yielded similar results[1]. I'm a bit stuck on exactly how to parse this. Vacancy rates, while a fine metric for answering some questions, don't seem to be well suited to this one. Vacancies per capita might be more along the lines of what I'm interested in. 1. https://landgeist.com/2021/08/03/vacancy-rate-in-the-us/ https://landgeist.com/2021/08/03/vacancy-rate-in-the-us/