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After living in Edinburgh in one of the very nice & ubiquitous 100 y.o. plus tenement flats, I've often wondered about the long-term impact of housing durability on affordability.

I'm reminded of a Ben Marcus story that appeared in Harper's a decade ago. People would sneak out of their rooms to place carved wooden likenesses of their faces at the dinner tabl…

Scandinavian societies are pretty good at looking after everyone "in" the society, though for outsiders things can be hit and miss.

This is exactly what you would expect to see in a city where demand is largely driven by people living and working in the area, but in some large international cities (Vancouver, L…