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The wording is imprecise. They meant, immigrants live somewhere, so there wind up being fewer places in the available supply. You're being downvoted for being
by AnimalMuppet 2y ago
The wording is imprecise. They meant, immigrants live somewhere, so there wind up being fewer places in the available supply.
You're being downvoted for being so quick to jump on an apparent flaw, without seeming to have made much of an attempt to understand the actual point. HN is a place for thoughtful discussion, not "You worded it wrong! Gotcha!"
(I know, I'm supposed to choose to interpret your position charitably, too. I leave open the possibility that you truly didn't see their point. But I found the GP's actual point really obvious, despite the imprecise wording, so I'm really having to struggle to do so...)
- jobs_throwaway 2y agothe wording is important! We're talking an issue of economics, so when we say supply when we really mean demand, that deserves to be corrected. Fixing a supply issue looks very different from fixing a demand issue. I thought maybe OP had some reasoning as to how he meant what he said, which is why I asked the question Thoughtful discussion =/= pointing out flawed premises
- AnimalMuppet 2y agoIt's not a flawed premise! It's bad wording. The premise is, given an inelastic supply of housing, more immigrants means more of the supply occupied by them, leaving less of the supply available for non-immigrants. Point out a flaw in that, if you see one.