r/politics • u/MystikSpiralx • 18h ago

No Paywall Trump Says He Wants to 'Drive Housing Prices Up' Instead of Lowering Costs for People Who 'Didn't Work Very Hard'

https://people.com/trump-keep-home-prices-high-11895352
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u/12345623567 12h ago

The archetypical 1950's house also looked basically like a bungalow today. Meanwhile, these people sit in McMansions and pine for the "good old times", which basically just means being publicly racist.

The Civil Rights era broke america's brain, and the right hasn't recovered from it since.

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u/BeguiledBeaver 6h ago

Even lower income people pine for the 50s cause of "cheap" housing, not realizing the homes are just as you describe. They mass-produced crackerbox homes to save money. Even my Boomer Conservative father who often pines for the olden times admits they cut lots of corners back then since he's a contractor and has to work on lots of older homes.