New and Old #42

Friday roundup and commentary

Stop Fetishizing Old Homes, The Atlantic, M. Nolan Gray, January 11, 2022

The real-estate market in the U.S. now resembles the car market in Cuba: A stagnant supply of junkers is being forced into service long after its intended life span.

This is a really great way of putting it. Gray isn’t saying that everything old is bad. He’s simply noting that the a…