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Imagine playing Monopoly, but all the properties are already owned by another player and the rent starts at $900.
Imagine playing Monopoly and not understanding its about the dangerous of unrestricted capitalisms and how monopolies are bad
That's what happens when you have too much [money on] Free Parking!
(The above statement is about both the dangers of Monopoly "house rules" that obscure the fact that unfairness is the point, and the consequences of car-centric urban design.)
Adjusted for average rent and wage increases over time, the base rent on Mediterranean Avenue should now be $107, while the money for passing go should be $7,737, and the buy price for Mediterranean Avenue should be $2 461
(Increases calculated from averages calculated from https://www.epi.org/publication/charting-wage-stagnation/ , https://ipropertymanagement.com/research/average-rent-by-year, https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/ASPUS and https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case%E2%80%93Shiller_index )