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by tomxor 2964 days ago
> Everyone in this area should have bought the flats they live in.

Don't you think they would have if they could?

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I'm aware, that they are at the mercy of the owners.

But that's a general problem, completely orthogonal to Google.

Gentrification is just a big sign, that renting as a means for providing shelter is a very fragile system without proper market controls.

Of course, in general the inequality of the situation leads to exploitation of those who don't have enough money to buy something to hedge against rising rents.