In my 30s, I, an experienced attorney, was living in a one-bedroom walkup in Brooklyn, the kind of place that a 20s new grad would live in, in a sitcom. It was what I could afford.

Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈

The idea that the wealthy, the middle class, and the poor are all in completely separate housing markets with no overlap ignores how things work in the real world. In the absence of new high end housing, wealthy people outbid the middle class for the best available existing housing and renovate it.