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nikanjlast Friday at 8:11 AM1 replyview on HN

Just a couple of decades ago a common working stiff could buy their family a nice home in any US city.


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inglor_czlast Friday at 8:29 AM

If you are talking about the 1960s or so, there also were 150 million fewer people in the US? That matters for housing costs.

Some places like Austin, which haven't gone down the NIMBY zoning route, are still somewhat affordable.