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Swamp_yankee_ninja t1_j26arwx wrote

Well, rental and real estate is at an all time high, taxes are high and the incentives to stay are low. People just can’t afford to live here.

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Proof-Variation7005 t1_j26dnbr wrote

https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/zxowl9/us_housing_shortage/

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This really illustrates it well. Also, there was this weird thing in the last couple of years where a bunch of people moved away from densely populated areas or died. Panda something

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Accurate-Historian-7 t1_j2739nb wrote

People anywhere can’t afford to live. Cost of living in America has become insane. Utilities are sky high, tax, homes, home maintenance, food, etc.

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UnsuspectingTaco t1_j27ezbe wrote

Surely wages have increased in tandem to offset these increasing costs. Wait, they haven’t?

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goldfish855 t1_j28p0n0 wrote

I moved from RI to SW Missouri for exclusively financial reasons and people down here always ask if salaries are higher since rent is double or more. And then I tell them I make more in MO because graduate degrees are fewer and farther between down there.

But I still miss the f*ck out of New England. Tryna get my money right and move back closer st least.

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Mountain_Bill5743 t1_j29z05p wrote

South West Missouri is just a different world. But hit up Johnson Shut-ins and camp in the Ozarks while you're there.

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thirdtimesthemom t1_j27omo1 wrote

I think the same is true in Canada

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smokejaguar t1_j28n0qa wrote

It's actually worse in Canada, which is precisely why they passed legislation curtailing property ownership by non citizens.

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smokejaguar t1_j28n4fx wrote

If i recall correctly, Rhode Island was either last or second to last when it came to residential building permits issued US wide.

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Americ-anfootball t1_j2909o0 wrote

Vermont and Rhode Island have traded 49th and 50th place for housing permits for probably a decade now, shits grim

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smokejaguar t1_j296hhi wrote

I can't blame younger people for wanting to leave the state. Buying your first home at 35 because entry level units are 300k+ is just nuts.

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Electrical-Oven3741 t1_j2ada1p wrote

The only less populated states are out west, where land is cheap. Of course RI and VT are at the bottom for housing permits per year.

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lawthrowaway101 t1_j292sfv wrote

Isnt that everywhere right now? Genuine question

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Swamp_yankee_ninja t1_j293woo wrote

Well, you can still buy land up north for a reasonable price, however the catch is, you better be self sufficient.

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smokejaguar t1_j297f0t wrote

Midwest and South too. I'd be willing to bet that some of the former rust belt cities might see a revival as industry moves back to the United States and Mexico.

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