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"Some of America's most productive cities for medium- and low-income families—Boston, Honolulu, San Jose, New York—are also the most expensive. This is often du

by api 13y ago

"Some of America's most productive cities for medium- and low-income families—Boston, Honolulu, San Jose, New York—are also the most expensive. This is often due to (or at least, exacerbated by) exclusionary zoning and housing regulations that limit the number of available units, which drives up the price of housing, ensuring that low-income families can't afford to live there." Bingo. Real estate right now is basically Satan. Anything that can be done to break real estate markets is good.

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- eli_gottlieb 13y ago
  That's nice for you. And yet, those of us with those ever-so-nice white-collar software jobs would still like to pay less than $1500/month for a one-bedroom apartment. Actually, we'd really prefer to pay less than a single $1000/month for a one-bedroom apartment. Seems to me that a rental real-estate price rise, groundswell or bubble, interferes with that.
- pessimizer 13y ago
  That's exactly what I think. The overpaid upper middle class are forcing out the poor. Most of them don't mind because of their extraordinary egos and beliefs in eugenics and social Darwinism that they're not introspective enough to recognize as such.
  - eli_gottlieb 13y ago
    Oh, right, it's the upper-middle salariat who are overpaid, and not the capitalist class itself.
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  - walshemj 13y ago
    Middle class incomes have been static if not declining for a long while now.
- marquis 13y ago
  >a certain percentage are poor because their moral character is defective That's really not fair in my opinion. You could say the same about the wealthy. I grew up in relative poverty in a wealthy environment and I really would say that character deficits can be found in the same percentages across the board. The difference may be that the wealthy don't have a need to expose their desperation in such public ways and if you're thinking of things like thievery and drug abuse you may be seeing things through a certain lens (not to assume anything about you personally).
- poolpool 13y ago
  "There are a lot of people that are just defective by habit, character, moral values, work ethic, and will never get better." I can't quite remember that saying about pots and kettles. Anyone know what I'm talking about? "I’ve seen people put up donation pages to help them buy PS3s or a House and random strangers donated. So I figured what do I have to lose in asking the following: Are you a bitcoin billionaire? Have a fraction of a bitcoin to spare? Help a designer out and send them my way: 15XeyenVEmfYsL2wBF3PrTZhRtMCbvQ2DR" My god. Look at you calling poor people filth while begging for money. I changed my mind: I really hope my neighborhood has priced you out.

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eli_gottlieb 13y ago
That's nice for you. And yet, those of us with those ever-so-nice white-collar software jobs would still like to pay less than $1500/month for a one-bedroom apartment. Actually, we'd really prefer to pay less than a single $1000/month for a one-bedroom apartment. Seems to me that a rental real-estate price rise, groundswell or bubble, interferes with that.
pessimizer 13y ago
That's exactly what I think. The overpaid upper middle class are forcing out the poor. Most of them don't mind because of their extraordinary egos and beliefs in eugenics and social Darwinism that they're not introspective enough to recognize as such.
- eli_gottlieb 13y ago
  Oh, right, it's the upper-middle salariat who are overpaid, and not the capitalist class itself.
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- walshemj 13y ago
  Middle class incomes have been static if not declining for a long while now.
marquis 13y ago
>a certain percentage are poor because their moral character is defective That's really not fair in my opinion. You could say the same about the wealthy. I grew up in relative poverty in a wealthy environment and I really would say that character deficits can be found in the same percentages across the board. The difference may be that the wealthy don't have a need to expose their desperation in such public ways and if you're thinking of things like thievery and drug abuse you may be seeing things through a certain lens (not to assume anything about you personally).
poolpool 13y ago
"There are a lot of people that are just defective by habit, character, moral values, work ethic, and will never get better." I can't quite remember that saying about pots and kettles. Anyone know what I'm talking about? "I’ve seen people put up donation pages to help them buy PS3s or a House and random strangers donated. So I figured what do I have to lose in asking the following: Are you a bitcoin billionaire? Have a fraction of a bitcoin to spare? Help a designer out and send them my way: 15XeyenVEmfYsL2wBF3PrTZhRtMCbvQ2DR" My god. Look at you calling poor people filth while begging for money. I changed my mind: I really hope my neighborhood has priced you out.