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[–] qarbone@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago

Probably because land is one of the best non-fungible assets around. You buy land and you have something whose upper limit on price is only limited by what someone else wants to build on it. And premium space around existing economic centers (cities) doesn't just spring up.