Wyoming loves to pick on California for its many perceived (or real) flaws, but there’s something the Cowboy State has in common with the Golden State of late, and it’s not a good thing.

That something is what a Harvard economist calls an “inelastic," or rigid, housing market.

The similarity between California and Wyoming’s housing market was glaringly apparent on a map created by Harvard Growth Lab economist Eric Protzer, which he shared at a recent meeting with Albany County community leaders who are grappling with unaffordable housing in the Laramie region.

“Elasticity is a fancy word or whatever, but what it really means is, if you’re looking at a period of price growth when prices go up 100%, for example, how much does housing supply go up?” he said. “So, there are some places wher

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