> People have been complaining on HN that "houses are too expensive to buy" almost since it started 15 years ago. 15 years ago was the height of the housing bu

> People have been complaining on HN that "houses are too expensive to buy" almost since it started 15 years ago. 15 years ago was the height of the housing bubble. They were right. Two years later, housing prices were sharply lower and so was the level of complaining. More recently, people with money in the bank found themselves homeless and we had complaining again. Because being homeless sucks.