[beautifulfreak]

I'd like to see an overlay showing which red areas are also college towns. Did easy student loans help fuel the increase in rents? That's what happened where I live, where dormitories are mainly for new undergrads. After a year or two, students are expected to find apartments. (And I wonder if something similar would happen if Universal Basic Income became a thing.)

[jltsiren]

It's not even about student loans. A group of students can always outbid the average family for housing. They need less space per person, because it's a temporary phase of life and most of their activities are elsewhere. And because students must afford studying and living on their own, their income per person needs to be on the same level as for the average family with kids.

[figassis]

It would absolutely happen and this is why I don’t believe in UBI. Inflation would just catch up.

[CalRobert]

UBI combined with abundant housing could have a different outcome.

[badpun]

Extra students were financed by (student) debt, ie. made up money, which could lead to inflation. Whereas UBI could be done without any money printing - just via taxation.