Tokyo, with tens of millions of people, is only slightly more expensive to rent in than Northampton, with under 30,000
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yeah. You'd think there'd be economies of scale in producing housing at such high volume.
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just like a Toyota is cheaper than a low-production English or Italian car
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the difference between a Toyota and a house is that you can take the Toyota to wherever you need it
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housing, even mass produced, is utterly place-dependent for its value
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you're thinking of the land. I'm talking about the housing, which is a manufactured item.
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no, I'm talking about the house too, unless it has wheels
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the demand to live near Tokyo is astronomical, it's incredible that they can build enough to get prices as low as they are
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we can build buildings much taller than most of Tokyo is now.
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