Subj : Re: 3.5 weeks to being la
To   : Spectre
From : boraxman
Date : Wed Jul 20 2022 23:26:58

 Sp> Well duh, of course I am..about 2 generations ago now, we had a group of
 Sp> "new australians" that went out and bought themselves a house, then
 Sp> worked on a second one nominally for the kids, and yet another one or
 Sp> two after that to keep the home fires burning.  These guys did three
 Sp> things, they didn't renovate and flip, they didn't just wait on the LVR
 Sp> to advantageous to sell, they hung onto the extras as a long term source
 Sp> of income. These are the guys that helped keep the status quo some 30,
 Sp> 40, 50 years ago no..
 Sp> 
 Sp> Its the more recent I need to buy and sell for all the money I can
 Sp> scrounge that have really killed things.. heavily assisting pushing
 Sp> pricing ever higher.  Not to mention your extra immigration...
 Sp> population is the other half of the equation. You also need to remember
 Sp> that building in general keeps a large proportion of our economy afloat
 Sp> by employing people.
 Sp> 


Back then, housing was affordable.  My parents didn't have the education or skills or career that I have, but were able to better secure property.

For me what is odd is that we feel almost ashamed to limit this behaviour, as if stopping people doing things which damage our nation for their own profit is somehow wrong!

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