Quote from: mongers on January 04, 2026, 02:21:13 PMWere you just quoting trump or have you jumped on the 'fake news' intellectual bandwagon?
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 04, 2026, 02:12:43 PMQuote from: Jacob on January 04, 2026, 02:01:22 PMFair.
What I'm really wondering is what you think drives the current sentiments we hear about the affordability crisis (that there is one and that it's a big deal), if inflation is actually low?
Are there actual economic realities behind it separate from inflation, or is there something else that drives the narrative?
To be transparent - I don't have a strong opinion on the issue and no real understanding of how real or not real the affordability crisis is in the US.
My reddit feed has a semi-steady stream of articles with headlines with "'I Can't Afford This' Trump Voters in Rural America Stunned as Cost of Living Keeps Rising" and I'm wondering how real it is beyond the anecdote.
To be blunt I think it's Democratic fake news. CNN and NPR hunt down some anecdotes, avoid quanitifying it, and call it a thing.
Quote from: Jacob on January 04, 2026, 02:01:22 PMFair.
What I'm really wondering is what you think drives the current sentiments we hear about the affordability crisis (that there is one and that it's a big deal), if inflation is actually low?
Are there actual economic realities behind it separate from inflation, or is there something else that drives the narrative?
To be transparent - I don't have a strong opinion on the issue and no real understanding of how real or not real the affordability crisis is in the US.
My reddit feed has a semi-steady stream of articles with headlines with "'I Can't Afford This' Trump Voters in Rural America Stunned as Cost of Living Keeps Rising" and I'm wondering how real it is beyond the anecdote.
Quote from: Oexmelin on January 04, 2026, 02:05:32 PMMost historians are pretty boring.

Quote from: HVC on January 04, 2026, 01:47:44 PMBefore that is there a situation where you'd agree theres an affordability crisis?
) where the price to income ratio rises dramatically and stays I would call a housing affordability crisis. Or problem and not crisis. What makes something a crisis?Quote from: Josquius on January 04, 2026, 01:57:41 PMName one historian who isn't a freak.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 04, 2026, 01:31:01 PMQuote from: Jacob on January 04, 2026, 01:07:50 PMSo from your point of view the affordability crisis is not really a thing?
I would need a workable definition of thing before I an answer.
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