[hifromLA]

This is certainly a more accurate and interesting analysis. I’d also like to point out how anti-gentrification activists and wealthy NIMBYs often work towards the same goal. I believe the anti-gentrification activists have the more noble cause, but the net effect is the same.

What we are seeing is only a product of extremely high demand meeting an unstoppable (ish) force. The results are not great.

[s1artibartfast]

As much as people hate on market solutions, completely ignoring Market forces simply makes them build and compound until they reach a breaking point.

[Bloating]

much like squeezing a balloon