No one is going to come around and say "oh uh yeah this area is more expensive now, you have to pay more"

Exactly -- I can't imagine living in a situation where my "landlords" could not only raise my rent, but could raise the cost of "my" car, the cost of "my" office space, or the cost of god knows what else. (Oh hey, renting shovels just got more expensive. I guess I'll have to delay that planting I was planning on doing.)