[fennecfoxen]

It’s housing and education prices that are the real issue. That’s part of the economy, but it’s regulated enough and controlled outside the usual price mechanisms such that it might reasonable to regard the roots of the problem lying outside “the economy”.

We need to reform zoning and build more housing in productive cities near the jobs, and we need to shrink higher education budgets and refocus on what really matters in an education. As a start.

[im3w1l]

Because of rules against housing discrimination, a high price is perceived as the only possibility for keeping a neighborhood safe. If a neighborhood could pick and choose that only law abiding people can live there, it could be both safe and cheap. But it's not like that will happen. So here we are.