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		klipt 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: My thoughts on renting versus buying Depends where you live though. In the SF Bay Area, buying requires a monthly payment several times larger than the rent for an equivalent place.

crooked-v 3 months ago [–]

The Bay Area market is a bizarre one because of how Prop 13 and extremely thorough renter protections lead to perverse incentives for everyone.

HaZeust 3 months ago | [–]

Denver is like it too, what's your prescription there?

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