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New England has vacancy rates noticeably under the national average (https://www.huduser.gov/portal/periodicals/USHMC/reg//NewEngland-rr-4Q2024.pdf https://www.
by crooked-v 11mo ago
New England has vacancy rates noticeably under the national average (https://www.huduser.gov/portal/periodicals/USHMC/reg//NewEngland-rr-4Q2024.pdf https://www.huduser.gov/portal/periodicals/USHMC/reg//NewEng...). There's no 'glut' being 'hoarded'.
- bpt3 11mo agoI think creating a permanent world peace would be easier than convincing progressives to give up their tired, inaccurate housing market tropes. It is impossible to have a constructive conversation with people who refuse to accept basic facts, and I don't think they have any idea how counterproductive it is.
- crooked-v 11mo agoIf people stopped accepting the claim of 'progressive' from anti-housing anti-poor people just because they self-label that way, that would be a good start.
- bpt3 11mo agoYou think the parent poster is anti-housing and anti-poor, either in practice or in their own mind? I would say progressives in the US are anti-wealthy first, leading to poorly thought out policies with obvious second or third order effects that harm the people they so passionately advocate for, but I wouldn't call that anti-poor personally.