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If we had 1915 housing-to-population ratios, that apartment would probably be pretty cheap. Unfortunately, since the 70s and 80s most US cities have made it mor
by crooked-v 2y ago
If we had 1915 housing-to-population ratios, that apartment would probably be pretty cheap. Unfortunately, since the 70s and 80s most US cities have made it more and more difficult and expensive to actually build housing in the first place.
- seanmcdirmid 2y agoI don’t think that was true on a square footage basis: you probably paid much more of your income for less housing than we do today. Also, housing is not a permanent thing: buffalo has a lot less people than it once did but also less housing units, they just don’t stay around for a hundred years without upkeep, if the capital isn’t there to keep them up they disappear.