Doubling annually probably happens rarely enough you can ignore it.  Where I live now, though, in a medium-sized Pacific NW city, rents in various of my friends and relations buildings&#x2F;complexes have seen increases 50% in four years.<p>That&#x27;s still pretty bad, and I know several people myself who were forced out due to rising rents becoming unaffordable.<p>That kind of disruption to people&#x27;s lives doesn&#x27;t make the kind of society I want to live in.