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allhailthehale t1_j7l4f11 wrote

People move. It's a healthy thing to have new people coming into the state. RI's population is growing pretty slowly compared to many other states.

What's not great is when you have a lot of income disparity between people moving in and people who already lived here. But that's not really the fault of people who are just looking for a place to go. Rising housing costs are not unique to RI-- the housing issue is absolutely a nationwide one.

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Cash50911 t1_j7m66j9 wrote

It's not healthy if the people coming into the state are less skilled than the people leaving...

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Good-Expression-4433 t1_j7mhlcs wrote

But that's not the issue. Younger and "lower skilled," and less wealthy, people are leaving the state for school, jobs, and being priced out of both renting and homebuying while younger professionals moving from MA, CT, and NY are forcing costs to go up further, increasing the income divide.

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allhailthehale t1_j7mbiqv wrote

I don't really think that's the issue here. The whole reason that this is affecting the housing market is that highly paid professionals are moving in with more purchasing power than current residents.

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