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Affordable isn’t only about price, but price relative to income. Not everyone can have a location independent job. Many places that seem “affordable” lack dece

Affordable isn’t only about price, but price relative to income. Not everyone can have a location independent job. Many places that seem “affordable” lack decent paying jobs. And the areas with the highest paying jobs are filled with people who scream that people should go live somewhere else. These are people who started the race a mile ahead and think they are superior runners. They’ve done very little to earn what they have and are fighting like hell to avoid even mild inconveniences to themselves (e.g. an affordable development for low income seniors or teachers). Before you say “well this is what voters want” voters at the state level got legislation through that mandated changes and the minority of voters in a handful of well off areas are actively disregarding that law.

lolinder 3y ago
> Affordable isn’t only about price, but price relative to income. > Not everyone can have a location independent job. Many places that seem “affordable” lack decent paying jobs. We don't have to hand wave about areas that "seem 'affordable'": we actually have the data for both income and home prices. The math isn't complicated: housing is affordable to the average person in much of the US [0]. The conflict here isn't driven by people who couldn't afford to move elsewhere, the conflict is driven by the sheer number of people who choose to live on the west coast. One group of those people already owns homes along the west coast and wants their neighborhood to stay the same. Another group would really like for there to be affordable housing along the west coast. But at the end of the day, there isn't anything stopping either group of people from getting a job in one of the green or yellow areas in the map below and living there with a very decent ratio of income to expenses. [0] https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fg0c850l7qrc91.png https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fg...

lolinder 3y ago

> Affordable isn’t only about price, but price relative to income. > Not everyone can have a location independent job. Many places that seem “affordable” lack decent paying jobs. We don't have to hand wave about areas that "seem 'affordable'": we actually have the data for both income and home prices. The math isn't complicated: housing is affordable to the average person in much of the US [0]. The conflict here isn't driven by people who couldn't afford to move elsewhere, the conflict is driven by the sheer number of people who choose to live on the west coast. One group of those people already owns homes along the west coast and wants their neighborhood to stay the same. Another group would really like for there to be affordable housing along the west coast. But at the end of the day, there isn't anything stopping either group of people from getting a job in one of the green or yellow areas in the map below and living there with a very decent ratio of income to expenses. [0] https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fg0c850l7qrc91.png https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fg...