Matthew Yglesias

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Thanks to remote work, there was a very sudden increase in demand for square footage which has driven a very broad national increase in housing prices even as you also see shifts in relative demand toward exurbs and away from cities. https://t.co/28FxNscr0A — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 27, 2023

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This article poses a good question: How can rents be up in NYC if the population is down? But it settles for unsatisfying conspiracy theories when there's actually a pretty clear answer. https://t.co/DKJ8lrAqbO — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 27, 2023

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Note that many high-cost American cities, including Boston and DC, had fewer residents in 2020 than in 1950. Prices are up because in the richer country of 2020, Americans occupy more square feet per capita. https://t.co/owODii37BJ — PolitiTweet.org

800,000 people lived in Boston in 1950, it then bottomed out at around 560,000 in 1980 and has since bounced back t… https://t.co/5xUObw0Ckx

Posted Jan. 27, 2023