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That's a bad comparison because the much more important factor is that housing is incredibly and disproportionately expensive right now, not becuase that's the
by crooked-v 2y ago
That's a bad comparison because the much more important factor is that housing is incredibly and disproportionately expensive right now, not becuase that's the 'natural' state of the economy, but because almost every major US city has made it expensive to build housing and impossible to build middle-density housing.
Or in other words, your 'cheapness' comparison is only against a self-inflicted artifical high point.
- dismalaf 2y agoOk, then compare it to grocery prices. Or other forms of entertainment like tickets to professional sporting events. Or concerts, movies. Restaurants are cheap.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> compare it to grocery prices Do you have this comparison?
- rascul 2y agoFor the price of approximately three Chick-fil-A chicken sandwiches I can make approximately 8 chicken sandwiches from WalMart with lesser quality ingredients and no labor/tax/insurance overhead. According to my drunken wish-i-had-a-napkin math.