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I agree with you about trying to control for neighborhood changes, I dont think that is done here. There is gentrification and that admittedly makes the numbers
by TuringNYC 3y ago
I agree with you about trying to control for neighborhood changes, I dont think that is done here. There is gentrification and that admittedly makes the numbers harder to compare.
That said, I would totally disagree that the real apples-to-apples comparison would be to find an equivalent home further away. That literally proves my original argument -- that the current generation has to work the same for less. That our parents could live in the city while we commute from the exurbs.
- sarchertech 3y agoYou have to control for the city changing is well because that directly impacts the desirability of the neighborhood. In the extreme case, if a city has increased population, such that what used to be considered a suburb is now as dense and desirable as what used to be the city center, while you may be moving farther from the city center, you might not be farther from an area equivalent to the city center from decades ago. In the case of New York, desirability of the city (not just the specific suburb you're comparing) has increased massively. The only way to find a comparable neighborhood, that is a comparable distance to a city center that is as desirable as Manhattan or Brooklyn was in the 1980, is to either look farther out or look at an area near a different city.