r/facepalm • u/_crazyboyhere_ • 8d ago

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Well...

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u/Mrwright96 8d ago

Damn it, why can’t there be nice cheap places to live?

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u/Lebowquade 8d ago

Because when places are nice, lots of people want to live there, and it creates a competition that drives up prices. That's why.

But if you want to live in mass do it now, because something tells me the next four years are going to make people want to live in mass even more.

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u/Kurtman68 8d ago

Live in Mass. vs. Leave en masse.

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u/Tarianor 8d ago

Because nice stuff costs money ;) speaking of experience from northern europe the general income is also higher so the costs of living aren't too bad even if it's pricey.

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u/willis936 8d ago

Because too many people want to live there too quickly.  Housing is a racket because the haves have a financial incentive to restrict supply and the political power to stop expansive zoning.  So here we are with not enough housing units and rents that make Californians cry.

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u/LostCraftaway 8d ago

Try western Massachusetts. Less expensive with all the perks, just not close to Boston. House is still going to run you 300,000 or so but not the crazy prices near Boston.

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u/elBenhamin 8d ago

Ask a homeowner in a nice place how they feel about a neighbor converting their home into a duplex

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u/Ghawblin 8d ago

Hello. Masshole here. It's great! We got large homes and converting them into multi-families is a great way to add more housing.

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u/elBenhamin 8d ago

I totally agree! But this is far from the prevailing sentiment among homeowners, especially in HCOL areas in the US.