Another honor I would rather not have

So we're number 5 in the country when it comes to new housing units. Wowee! Who's living in these expensive places anyway? Most people I know can't afford the price of homes in the area -- and these are professionals. It's hard enough coming up with a down payment, especially if you're young, but it's unbearable to shoulder a mortgage payment to get you a decent home in a neighborhood with good schools. Experts, of course, say it's speculators who are driving the prices up. Well, when those investors all rush out to sell, what then?
I'm dreading the downtown Dadeland Mall area where luxury condos are being built all over the place. It'll be traffic jam central. If we're #5 in housing starts, surely we must be #1 in congestion. You can't drive anywhere in this town anymore because the roads are clogged with cars and trucks. Rush hour is no longer relegated to the morning and the afternoon.