Re: Not always joking, it seems

In the Year of the Earth Rat, the Great and Powerful David Friedman 
declared:
> 
> Don't you think that if it costs 60K to build and you could sell for 
> 150K there would be an enormous number of firms building, and a huge 
> number of houses being built? Which suggests that your figure is 
> bogus--either omits important costs, such as land, or expenses of 
> getting permits, or ... --or is for a house people wouldn't want to 
> build.

Or that there's a high demand for houses in Edinburgh which can't be 
met for some reason, such as lack of room for expansion.

-- 
Sean O'Hara <http://diogenes-sinope.blogspot.com>
The Doctor: Don't you think you're being rather high-handed, young 
man? You thought you saw a young girl enter the yard, you imagine 
you heard her voice, you believe she might be in there. Not very 
substantial, is it?
    -Doctor Who