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#31
Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...
Last post by mongers - Today at 02:21:13 PMQuote from: Admiral Yi on Today at 02:12:43 PMQuote from: Jacob on Today at 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.
Were you just quoting trump or have you jumped on the 'fake news' intellectual bandwagon?
#32
Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...
Last post by Admiral Yi - Today at 02:12:43 PMQuote from: Jacob on Today at 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.
#33
Off the Record / Re: Vote in the New York City ...
Last post by HVC - Today at 02:08:08 PMQuote from: Oexmelin on Today at 02:05:32 PMMost historians are pretty boring.
Boring people can be weird. Ever meet a train guy?
#34
Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...
Last post by HVC - Today at 02:06:45 PMA problem effects someone else, a crisis effects me 
As for the housing crisis, ar least in Toronto, it's still a thing. Mainly for older condos and houses. The new build condo market kind of collapsed, but thats more because they were (are) being built tiny and shittily for the resale and Airbnb market and that segment fell off a cliff.
As for the housing crisis, ar least in Toronto, it's still a thing. Mainly for older condos and houses. The new build condo market kind of collapsed, but thats more because they were (are) being built tiny and shittily for the resale and Airbnb market and that segment fell off a cliff.
#35
Off the Record / Re: Vote in the New York City ...
Last post by Oexmelin - Today at 02:05:32 PMMost historians are pretty boring.
#36
Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...
Last post by Admiral Yi - Today at 02:04:00 PMQuote from: HVC on Today at 01:47:44 PMBefore that is there a situation where you'd agree theres an affordability crisis?
Sure. A case like Canada's housing market (which I haven't heard about in a while
) 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? #37
Off the Record / Re: Vote in the New York City ...
Last post by Jacob - Today at 02:02:40 PMQuote from: Josquius on Today at 01:57:41 PMName one historian who isn't a freak.
Suetonius?
#38
Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...
Last post by Jacob - Today at 02:01:22 PMQuote from: Admiral Yi on Today at 01:31:01 PMQuote from: Jacob on Today at 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.
Fair.
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.
#39
Off the Record / Re: Vote in the New York City ...
Last post by Josquius - Today at 01:57:41 PMName one historian who isn't a freak.
#40
Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...
Last post by DGuller - Today at 01:51:07 PMQuote from: HVC on Today at 01:46:57 PMRumour going around that trump made 400k by betting on Maduro getting kidnapped.Props to him for making the prediction market more efficient.