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you_give_me_coupon t1_jdi72dw wrote

Reply to comment by liquorcabinetkid in A critique of Brave Little State's segment on Airbnbs by headgasketidiot

Thanks for pointing this out. New housing will just be bought by hedge funds, AirBnb speculators, 3rd-home types, and out-of-state WFH yuppies, just like now. We need rules that incentivize housing going to people who need it and actually live here.

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landodk t1_jdictj2 wrote

OP already pointed out that “out of state WFH yuppies” are not the problem. They add to the price pressure a bit, but they also pay taxes and live in our communities. They actually live here too

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Twombls t1_jdijva3 wrote

Also how many "wfh yuppies" actually moved here. My anctedoctal experience is a lot of them left after the lockdowns subsided a bit.

Also who is a WFH yuppie. I work from home for a VT based company. I used to commute into the office but gave up when it became a sickfest. Most of my direct coworkers left the state due to housing and affordability. Vt isn't as desirable to everyone as this sub makes it out to be sometimes.

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you_give_me_coupon t1_jdjbsh7 wrote

> Also how many "wfh yuppies" actually moved here.

Just on my street in southern VT? 8 households. At least 5 of those (the only ones I know for sure) paid cash for their houses. 4 bought sight-unseen. They haven't left, unfortunately. Meanwhile my working-class friends can't even come close to affording to buy a house, and are living in dumpy rentals, in one case without working heat.

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