- risen for whom? unfortunately, inequality outpaces living standards improvements, the vast majority of people are unable to afford any house at all period, and instead lose most of their income paying rent to people who own dozens of houses
- Your periodic reminder that living standards have risen over the decades. This is the house where Pope Leo grew up, as a member of a family of five. If you look closely, you can see that it does not, in fact, extend way back. This would have been a nice house back then.
