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I think we're all taking this too far:

> Boston is one of the most expensive cities in the US to live in right now

That's the real problem, and should be the focus. Short term renting is just a detail. Inventory is the solution.

Boston is building like crazy. So the inventory problem is getting solved, to some extent. Part of the challenge is that almost all of the new inventory is at the upper end of the market: studio apartments at $3000, and going up from there.

Inventory is the solution, but you can tie-off the wound a bit until it heals

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