• pastalicious [he/him, undecided]
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    2 years ago

    Around here the cheapest places are like $800 for a one bed one bath… And they keep getting bought out, demolished and replaced by luxury apartments that start at twice that.

    • edge [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      And they keep getting bought out, demolished and replaced by luxury apartments that start at twice that.

      "YIMBYs": "That's a good thing, actually. It will actually drive housing costs down because [thinly disguised trickle-down economics]."

      • CanYouFeelItMrKrabs [any, he/him]
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        2 years ago

        If it makes that area more expensive, does it make the area the rich person would've otherwise lived at cheaper? Not talking about the insane apartments in London or New York that are for the ultra rich, but the normal apartment complex that is marketed as "luxury"