Taoyuan Nights

I was asked on another blog, why am I such a pessimist about the housing market?
Here is my reply.

I’m not a pessimist. I’m an optimist! I’m looking forward to a world (including Taiwan) where people don’t obsess about their worth in terms of how a pile of bricks is valued; where a family can choose [...]

A Taiwanese blog called Obblogatory kindly linked to my blog, and raised some views on housing in Taiwan. First of all – thanks for your kind words, Obblogatory.
Regarding the topic of housing, however, I thought I should respond.
Across the last 100 years or so, across every country in the world I’ve looked at, housing [...]