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s0nicfan posted...

Yeah, people making fun of flyover states for their entire lives have definitely created a situation where they're not even considering them as alternatives, but that's precisely why it's getting to the point where it's physically impossible to afford housing in a handful of places.

You've got people with no money trying to live in the most exclusive parts of the country while simultaneously making fun of the areas they could actually afford, and then demanding government regulation to make it more affordable for them to live where they want. It's a vicious cycle that only makes things worse.

Tyranthraxus posted...

Yeah. Even in new York state there's tons of places to live that aren't rural and don't have insane housing costs.

Like look here.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/2/3/7/AARLwzAADtHl.jpg

Albany is a pretty big city and capitol city of NY State and it's way fucking cheaper.

Yeah, no. Albany is basically falling apart. I lived around the area for a bit. It's not really a city you move to, especially from NYC. Most of upstate NY is falling apart and is barren and is definitely not that much cheaper. The only really affordable places are like Utica in the middle of nowhere. It's been a popping place the last 5 years but it's also a 5 hour drive from NYC

Touching on Sonic's point as well, there are no affordable places for hundreds of miles from NYC. Me and my friends have been looking for years now. Everything out into the boonies of Philly or New Hampshire or West Virginia is expensive as fuck. It's not much cheaper than NYC. In fact, the areas surrounding NYC are even more expensive like Nassau, Westchester and NJ.

Moving to places like Ohio or Arkansas is not something that most people will be able to do. Though people from NYC have been leaving in droves to Florida, Georgia, Michigan and Texas these past few years.