I’m an out of stater myself. Yes, it turns out that I was lucky and moved here prior to this housing crisis that is nationwide and more due to wealth inequality than anything else. I’m grateful everyday for that but hate that a mix of desperation from some and impatience and self centered blinders from others has them beating a drum that will overwhelmingly benefit the uber-capitalist fat cats and not deliver the utopia they dream. Shit sucks right now for far too many, period, hard stop. My heart breaks for the housing insecure and my comments are not intended to minimize their struggles but developers are not our saviors. This crisis is an opportunity for a paradigm shift rather than a band-aid, but I’m not holding my breath. My focus is my kid, and the generations beyond but I fear that we’re screaming into the wind. I’m not going to advocate kicking the can down the road any longer. We don’t need so much of what so many are convinced we need to live a meaningful and good life. We need a healthy ecosystem. Somewhere someone has to say stop, enough.

Edit: To clarify before anyone misreads and tries to tell me what I said or mean, I’m NOT grateful for the housing crisis or wealth inequality. I’m grateful that I was just lucky (and was quite patient) that I moved here at a time when houses sat on the market for many months to years and people weren’t stepping on each other and trying to outcompete locals for housing. I’m grateful that I was seen through a positive lens back then. Unfortunately that’s just not now.