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Economy

FakeNoose

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1. From the late 40's to around 1980, most of the new housing was built to be "affordable"

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Tue May 5, 2026, 06:41 PM

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After that, the developers started building bigger, fancier and higher-priced until the suburbs were all built-out. These days all the developers want to build are McMansions in the outer suburbs that very few middle-class Americans can afford to buy. Meanwhile the inner-city houses are collapsing from disuse and neglect.

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From the late 40's to around 1980, most of the new housing was built to be "affordable" FakeNoose Tuesday #1

Thanks for posting, good info, appalachiablue 17 hrs ago #2

Renovation should be a focus to deliver quick expansion of housing stock. bucolic_frolic 12 hrs ago #3