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by mariosisters 1213 days ago
You don’t have to spend 50% of your income, you can move.

I agree though, it’s a tremendous political failure that we have so under-built housing. Most cities could be affordable to most people with adequate supply.

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As I mentioned, the people least able to afford rent are also least able to afford to move.
100 years ago my grandfather and grandmother moved to another state with nothing but what they could carry.

15000 years ago, some of my ancestors walked from Asia to North America without a dollar to their name.