
‘A snowball of moving once a year’
By Mike DeSocio
This is part of a story about the shortage of apartments and other rentals in Saranac Lake and other Adirondack communities
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By Mike DeSocio
This is part of a story about the shortage of apartments and other rentals in Saranac Lake and other Adirondack communities
In August, the median price increased 40.5% to $214,900 in the northern region.
The good news is that overall unemployment is low, meaning that a lot of park residents have jobs. The bad news is that economic growth is almost impossible without additional workers to perform the work.
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