> You never see anybody who is literally too poor to afford shoes. When I was younger, there were people in my town that were too poor to afford shoes. This w

> You never see anybody who is literally too poor to afford shoes. When I was younger, there were people in my town that were too poor to afford shoes. This was in the US, no less. > The main question is, why are houses not like every other commodity? Homes can be a commodity. The problem is that the land they sit on is not. Land is relatively fixed in supply and land that is useful for living on is even more limited.