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But 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 child
by hn_throwaway_99 3y ago
But 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."