Reply #19: Housing definitely has hidden costs too.

[ThomCat]

Even has the cost of owning a house is dropping dramatically, the cost of rest is going up just as dramatically.

Rents anyplace along transportation routes are always higher.

Rents in neighborhoods conveniently close to city centers and industrial centers on transit lines are always higher, because that means shorter commutes to work.

Only people with cars can really take advantage of the cheaper rents in those farther locations away from transit lines. And they will still get to/from work faster than the people who take the buses to/from much closer neighborhoods.