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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The level of crowding in DC in 1950 was certainly high enough to help motivate a rapid exodus to the suburbs.  [/quote]

Is this a joke? DC wasn't shrinking then because of crowding. This was the infamous white flight. In 20 years, 300,000 white people left DC. It had nothing to do with crowding. It had everything to do with racial animosity. [/quote]

There was departure from center cities in other metro areas with few blacks, IIUC.   While race played a role, the desire to have more sq ft per person also was a factor.

Why do you think  asking "is this a joke" "are you for real" are compelling arguments? [/quote]

I didn't write the "are you for real" comment -- that was someone else. And is it totally bizarre to suggest people left DC because of crowding. This is a famous chapter DC history and to suggest it had to do with crowding, it just strange (and completely wrong). Do you think people left in the wake of the '68 riots because they wanted a bigger backyard? Also, I don't care about convincing anyone of anything. The whole idea that housing prices go up so much in DC because of limited housing supply it just nonsense -- it's the Federal Reserve that's doing it -- but people believe whatever they want to believe. No one ever changes their mind about anything. [/quote]

DC's population dropped sharply BEFORE the riots - it declined by 40,000 between 1950 and 1960.  From all I can gather people DID move to the suburbs for more space, as they did elsewhere.  Note, that the decennial census hides that DC likely peaked in population during WW2 (when conditions were so crowded that people "hot sheeted" - one person used a bed at night, and their shift working roommate used it during the day) and even in 1950 it had likely not all been worked off.

As for the Fed, why have their policies not led to high housing prices in Flint, or Detroit?  And why are RENTS high in DC?

While year to year housing sales price fluctuations are heavily driven by interest rates, the larger issues of housing affordability are much more driven by demand.  [/quote]

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