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![AvidCommentator Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:24/cr:twitter::1028901576558034944.png) Tarric Brooker aka Avid Commentator 🇦🇺 [@AvidCommentator](/creator/twitter/AvidCommentator) on x 37.5K followers
Created: 2025-07-16 04:10:08 UTC

I'm often told:

"Back in my day we moved out to the sticks to afford a home"

Not taking the piss, but is there any evidence of that in aggregate net terms, of people moving out of metro areas to afford homes say pre-2000?


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