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He is no more or less culpable than anyone who pays rent higher than would be appropriate. At some level, every renter bears responsibility for participating in this broken housing market.

But instead of shaming this one person, I believe a more productive use of energy is to pressure politicians to support affordable housing and necessary zoning changes.

Seems to me that it’s calmed down a bit?

I just looked today and went through lots of price histories. Increases from ~2018 mostly seemed reasonable. Higher than normal perhaps but not obscene like the summer. Plenty of triple digit price decreases and units sitting for weeks.

Look at photos of apartments in Tokyo. I think a lot of them are about this size.

People like this want to live in Manhattan and can't afford it. Barber?? Bike delivery? Needs mom's help to move out? I

I love this a lot more than building more 2000 sqft condos that stay empty after bought

Maybe if we normalized this, companies would see they could make even more profit splitting those 2000 sqft into 20 apartments. Which would clear up studios and 1brs beyond 96th st and Manhattan

Oh yeah it's totally this kid's fault. It has nothing to do with supply and demand. /sarcasm for the slower people

its the 15 years of free tech money that inflated salaries to the point where people are paying 3-4k for a studio (you see these posts all of the time)

That is not something we should be aiming for.

Damnnnn, proved op's point, and tried to act smug about it. You love to see it.

On the flipside, a nice small apartment that feels cozy might cut down on the need for people to own too much junk.

Or they’ll die like a hoarder.