Considering how crazy expensive accommodations have become the last couple of years, concentrated in the hands of greedy corporations, landlords and how little politicians seem to care about this problem, do you think we will ever experience a real estate market crash that would bring those exorbitant prices back to Earth?

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    1 year ago

    No. Not because of overpopulation, but because the central bank is devaluing the currency. That transfers wealth from all of us and gives it to TPTB.

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      1 year ago

      Costs of housing have grown significantly faster than most other costs, it’s not just regular inflation

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        1 year ago

        And some things have experienced price deflation. It’s all still related. Point still stands - central banking is the primary issue.