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Re: Economics Culture
« Reply #180 on: March 17, 2021, 12:42:14 pm »
Has the pandemic done more to exacerbate wealth inequality than any other event in our lifetimes? 
I certainly think it's underscored how more tilted the playing field is becoming as years go by.

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If so, what can be done to change that?

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Not much that I can see.  Around here affordable housing is an acute issue - there's virtually nothing available and when something does come up the selling price is usually higher than what's asked for. The availability of developable land is tight and building costs are anywhere from $300 - $400 a square foot so there's little to no pressure relief valve to be found there. The only change I can see that might alleviate this would be if 1st Nations around here made treaty lands available for long term lease but any discussion I'm aware of in that direction is about more high-end development as opposed to affordable housing.  The pandemic has clearly driven the cost of property up.
 
The numbers of people living/camping out on the old logging roads around here has gotten out of hand and gates to cut them off are going up.  It's like winding up a spring even tighter.