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parsnips on Jan 23, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: How housing became the world’s biggest asset class

Bend's layout also has some constraints as well with National Forest and BLM land surrounding it :-/ That and every Californian wants to pack into the West-side of town so prices get super wonky.

davidw on Jan 23, 2020 [–]

There's actually quite a bit of land available for Bend to sprawl - as well as build 'in' and up.

It's not just Californians - lots of people from Portland and Seattle too: https://twitter.com/EastSlopeEcon/status/1217860613247946752...

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