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Housing has always been expensive in cities. But the vast majority of people don’t want to live in them. The proof is how people left the cities after WW2 because technology made suburban living viable.

Of course some people want to live in the city. I did for years and paid good money for a prime address. But like hundreds of millions of people I don’t now because priorities change.




If people didn't want to live in the cities the prices would be cheap, no demand. The fact that they're not cheap is proof people want to live in them


> But the vast majority of people don’t want to live in them

This is just objectively false.

You cling to false beliefs to make yourself feel better about your selfishness.




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