@teknomunk @boeswilligkeit The "crisis" is completely born of inflation if I had to guess, though note that even at that image size it's easy to pick out the state capitals in those pink states. They're basically mini-DCs that exist only because of being a middle man taking a cut from every government transaction in the state, and *those* areas, the areas where our local lords live, have more "housing issues" than the hinterlands.