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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Its all a tube of toothpaste. You want low wage workers so you can get a burger for under $10? Well you either need to build enough cheap or subsidized housing for them, or deal with 270/495/most other roads being jammed up with drive-till-you-qualifiers coming to make your sandwich. [/quote] See, this is where the free market takes over. If burger flippers, teachers, and barbers can't afford to live in the area then the supplies of those who do that labor will go down, leading to a premium in wages that will allow them to eventually afford housing. No one is entitled to live wherever they want. We do not need to upend our way of life because people don't like their personal choices. There is plenty of cheap housing stock in Iowa, Kansas, Pennsylvania, Western MD, etc. It's not my responsibility to provide you housing because you don't want to live there.[/quote] The housing shortage is not about people feeling entitled to live wherever they want, it's about supply not keeping up with demand. I am curious how this is upending your life, though. [/quote] There is plenty of supply outside of Bethesda/CC I truly can’t comprehend why people Think they should’ve somehwere. What’s wrong with PG County, NE/SE DC, Germantown, Wheaton, etc? All very affordable for middle class earners. [/quote] I'm going to have to think about why some people, who apparently live in Bethesda, believe that the national housing shortage is all a myth propagated by people who want to live in Bethesda but can't afford it.[/quote] Ask the county council! [/quote]
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