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0 pointsdagw8y ago0 comments

You can't build houses without land to build on, and desirable land makes up most of the price of desirable housing.

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I don't think of Sweden as a country that lacks land.

Population of Sweden is comparable to that of Bay Area but seriously.

I imagine if you could just go and buy a home in "the next suburb by the road" really affordably, it would deflate prices for most desirable places too.

dagwOP8y ago

If you could just get plenty of cheap land in the suburb down the road someone would have built houses there 30 years ago.

Sure there is land and there are plenty of places where you can buy a nice house for less than, say, $100k. However none of those places are within a one hour commute of where any jobs are.

thriftwy8y ago

Well, I'm looking at map of Sweden near Stockholm and sure as hell I see a lot of place for building up. Glades with direct access to highway.

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thriftwy8y ago

I don't think of Sweden as a country that lacks land.

Population of Sweden is comparable to that of Bay Area but seriously.

I imagine if you could just go and buy a home in "the next suburb by the road" really affordably, it would deflate prices for most desirable places too.

dagwOP8y ago

If you could just get plenty of cheap land in the suburb down the road someone would have built houses there 30 years ago.

Sure there is land and there are plenty of places where you can buy a nice house for less than, say, $100k. However none of those places are within a one hour commute of where any jobs are.

thriftwy8y ago

Well, I'm looking at map of Sweden near Stockholm and sure as hell I see a lot of place for building up. Glades with direct access to highway.

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