Source: Emily Stewart, VOX, 5/3/21


For some people, the journey into America’s lumber crunch starts with the decision to build a new home, or at Home Depot, where the pandemic-driven home renovation craze has contributed to making basic materials pricey and hard to come by. For others, it starts with the memes. The price of lumber has soared over the past year, and it’s an incredibly hot commodity. The internet has taken notice. “Not even one police escort,” on person on Twitter quipped alongside a photo of a truck stacked with lumber rolling down the highway.

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