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I hope to make it pleasant to use while still maintaining everyone's right to speak and to draw a following for their ideas. I especially want to people to have a place to say things they cannot say in person because of family or work or school pressure to conform to the politically correct opinions in their area.

Moderation policy:

TL;DR If you are expressing a sincerely held point of view with good will, you don't need to read the next 3 lines. Such comments and posts are very welcome here.
Do not deliberately insult the other users. That shuts down actual debate and kills the spirit of good will.
Do not insult the moderators. They have been very fair.
Do not insult the site. Just go somewhere else. This was lot of work for me, and is completely free for you. There aren't even ads.


Here are the original articles that made this site famous:

https://patrick.net/post/1282720/2015-07-11-ten-reasons-it-s-a-terrible-time-to-buy-an-expensive-house
https://patrick.net/post/1282721/2015-07-11-eight-groups-who-lie-about-the-housing-market
https://patrick.net/post/1282722/2015-07-11-37-bogus-arguments-about-housing

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