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Is Dublin really that expensive?

MarkAnthony · 2015-09-26 16:36:24

I've made this point in two threads which on reflection could be seen as off-topic. So in an effort to not derail those threads further lets (if anyone is willing) have this discussion here. I've run (some not particularly scientific) comparisons in prices to the following cities: Oxford(shire) Edinburgh Bordeaux Toulouse…

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#32 30-09-2015 1:07pm
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MarkAnthony wrote: »

I've always wondered why home ownership is seen as a bad thing by some. Surely everyone needs a home, property needs to be owned by someone ergo let's own the building we live in. Perhaps I'm missing something.

It's not a bad thing.

Having public policy extremely biased towards one form of tenure other another is a bad thing.

Giving way too much tax reliefs towards investment in all forms of property over other forms of capital is a bad idea.

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