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I would extend that to cost of living in general. If you want services from local people, you need to pay them enough to live locally, which includes housing,
by amluto 3y ago
I would extend that to cost of living in general. If you want services from local people, you need to pay them enough to live locally, which includes housing, food, healthcare, taxes, and their childcare, too.
- hn_throwaway_99 3y agoBut my primary point is most of the other things that lead to a high cost of living in a particular area are all downstream from housing. The high cost of childcare and food in some locales are a direct result of the high cost of housing. Healthcare (in the US at least) is a whole separate horrible mess.
- amluto 3y agoI’m not convinced that healthcare really counts as being downstream from housing. The ludicrous utility pricing in some places (PG&E territory in California, for example) also appears to be its own special disaster that is largely independent of housing or even labor prices in CA.
- hn_throwaway_99 3y ago> I’m not convinced that healthcare really counts as being downstream from housing. Yes, agreed, that's what I meant by "Healthcare (in the US at least) is a whole separate horrible mess."