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Epictetus comments on Open Thread, May 25 - May 31, 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Epictetus 27 May 2015 02:28:43PM 0 points [-]

Get enough luxury apartments in an area and all of a sudden the neighborhood becomes a lot more attractive to people with money. This puts pressure on landlords to renovate their buildings to cater to the new customers (and charge a lot more). Even with rent controls in place, there are loopholes to be exploited.