Similarly, I bought last Sept in Nashville, TN and Zillow says my house is up 13.5% already. The Nashville housing market is especially ridiculous, it's one of the hottest in the US.

> Relatedly, a ~70 year old woman bagged my groceries today and I doubt she's doing it for fun. Seems the accelerating wealth inequality is destroying our society/communities if it hasn't already.

Let's not forget about the error in extending unemployment and benefits that the current administration passed. We should all hope and petition that a 4th stimulus check does NOT go out (inflation). The fact of the matter is, these policies are keeping a lot of the lower income workers out of the job market because they are still making more off unemployment than going back to the workforce. I estimate, this imbalance in the market will correct in September when these benefits end.