Wow that's terrible. And I think it did get worse: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2004181704_eicher14.html http://seattletimes.nwsour

Wow that's terrible. And I think it did get worse: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2004181704_eicher14.html http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/200... > Between 1989 and 2006, the median inflation-adjusted price of a Seattle house rose from $221,000 to $447,800. Fully $200,000 of that increase was the result of land-use regulations, says Theo Eicher — twice the financial impact that regulation has had on other major U.S. cities.