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Americans just keep finding new housing markets to price themselves out of

2022-02-24T08:20:00-05:00

No matter how many times it happens, no matter how many cities and states try to blunt it with recommendations to build more housing and provide subsidies for those who can’t afford the new stuff, no matter how many zoning battles are fought or homeless camps lamented, no next city, as of yet, seems better prepared than the last one was.

Like other small cities such as Reno, Nevada and Austin, Texas that have followed San Francisco and New York on a similar path toward a domineering social trend that has come to define the way we live and work in the unfurling decades of the 21st century. Americans on both coasts have been cycling through skyrocketing housing markets since the end of the Recession, with states like Texas and Florida seeing an incredible influx of out-of-state residents in the last two years alone.

One assessment says Spokane underbult a total of about 32,000 affordable units in the 2010s, leading to a median home value that has risen some 60% since the beginning of the pandemic. The jump has caused a near-zero availability rental market and concern for SP director of community and economic development Steve MacDonald, who himself moved from there Southern California in 2017.

“I’m realizing more and more how important the future prosperity of this city is about getting housing right,” he told the Ti...

From the Archinect Outpost: Offshore Studio's Christoph Miler reveals the ideas behind Migrant Journal

2018-06-21T18:43:00-04:00

The first [journal] came out in 2016 and focused on the countryside and the movement of borders. The most recent, the fourth, titled Dark Matter, is about the invisible and illegal aspects of migration. One feature Christoph shows is a photo essay by Javier Corso, documenting the petrol smuggling trade between Nigeria and Benin.

Christoph Miller, a founder of Migrant — one of the journals we are proud to feature at the Archinect Outpost — provides insights into the origins and intentions of his journal as it reflects the culture and politics of 21st century migration.

As "gayborhoods" gentrify, LGBTQ people move into conservative America

2016-03-10T20:03:00-05:00

Despite skewing Democrat, LGBT people are flocking to red states. It’s a sign that cities in the center of the country are becoming more accepting, but it’s also an indication that traditional LGBT safe havens are prohibitively expensive. ConsumerAffairs.com analyzed U.S. Census data and Gallup polling information to model the movement of the LGBT community from 1990 to 2014. The overall trend is striking.

"In 1990, the LGBT population was concentrated in coastal metropolitan areas and other safe havens—cities like San Francisco, New York, Seattle, and Atlanta. By 2014, LGBT hot spots cropped up in some seemingly unlikely places: Salt Lake City, Louisville, Norfolk, Indianapolis, and other red state cities."

ConsumerAffairs collected an impressive body of research on the demographic patterns of the LGBTQ community, which you can check out here. For more LGBTQ-related coverage, take a look at these links: