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epsteingpttoday at 5:39 AM2 repliesview on HN

See Detroit mid-2010s for why massive overbuilding isn't a good strategy here.


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digitaltreestoday at 6:06 AM

That’s a bad example. Detroit isn’t an example of over building it’s an example of eroding the demand across the entire economy by outsourcing jobs. There is a big difference between a city with full employment with a robust consumer base that happens to have a ton of housing hit the market and one that has it’s entire bedrock industry carved into pieces over several generations.

If you want a valid example look at Austin Texas or Japan. Housing inventory growth in a robust economy leads to….wait for it….rent decreases.

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knowaveragejoetoday at 5:47 AM

Can you explain more? What happened in Detroit in the mid 2010s, how did itreverse course after that?

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