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		fragmede on Aug 23, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: No, You can't retire rich at 30 if you sell your s... Any city that's learned to grow vertically would disagree with you. If you thought real-estate was expensive in New York now....

Unseelie on Aug 24, 2010 [–]

NYC is expensive because its more expensive to build skyscrapers than houses. Its not cheaper because of mass production, there's just enough incentive to spend more money than it takes to build houses because of the local population density.

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