It will be ruled an accident

[u/EquipmentElegant]

[u/headermargin]

Id hang you too if you doubled my rent.

[u/al0xx → u/headermargin]

wow where do you live? 👀

[u/headermargin → u/al0xx]

In the north. And not near a city, where people are taxed up the ass.

[u/Lobster_fest → u/headermargin]

Yeah, because its the taxes that make city living expensive. Right.

[u/Dyledion → u/Lobster_fest]

Now hang on a tick. Higher taxes = more capacity for govt interference per capita. Generally, more government interference translates directly to a more restricted, oppressively regulated housing market. A restricted, regulated housing market immediately attracts sharks. 

[u/Lobster_fest → u/Dyledion]

Zoning laws are a far more obvious and direct cause than taxes.

[u/headermargin → u/Lobster_fest]

Companies and businesses owners raise prices in response to changes.

[u/DemadaTrim → u/headermargin]

Yes but that's not why living in cities is expensive. Cities are where people want to live, high desirability means high prices.

[u/headermargin → u/DemadaTrim]

That too. Theres many reasons for high price, sometimes people are assholes, sometimes it may actually be worth that much.

Theres way more things id pay 4k for.

[u/DemadaTrim → u/headermargin]

I mean, they are worth that much as long as people exist who will pay that much. That's what "worth" means. Would prices be lower if more cheap housing was built? Yes. Would developers build more cheap housing if regulation allowed? I doubt it. Likely they'd build things terribly but slap a coat of "luxury" on it and match current prices, because people who exist who will pay it. That's what capitalism rewards, selling the worst product for the most the market will bear. Quality is only a concern in certain market conditions.

[u/Overdose7 → u/headermargin]

Like when their sense of greed strengthens. If they didn't also increase profits at the same time then, yeah, that'd be it.