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		hombre_fatal 12 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why America's economy is soaring ahead of its riva... That's not a measure of an economy though. Housing and especially dense affordable housing isn't widely built in the US and the supply is artificially constrained, usually by NIMBY politics.

reverendsteveii 12 months ago [–]

you're right, it's a measure of access to life's necessities. the point of the comment is that access to life's necessities isn't tied to the economy.

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