When one does all these things to increase the attractiveness of the place, does that not drive us toward a place where only the rich are able to take advantage of it That was a concern of ours from the very beginning. The cause is what might be called non-price sensitive demand, people that can pay virtually anything. We were thinking ahead enough to realize it would get worse very quickly. We started thinking about this in '75. It may be the most aggressive affordable housing in the country. It wasn't enough.
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