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return2ozma@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

A millennial couple who make $250,000 say they can't find a home in their budget: 'We refuse to become house-poor'

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A millennial couple who make $250,000 say they can't find a home in their budget: 'We refuse to become house-poor'

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return2ozma@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 1 year ago
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A millennial couple who earn $250,000 say they can't find a home in their budget. They're cutting back on retirement savings and childcare.

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    These stories are always bullshit. They can’t afford a 3000sqft single family home on an acre inside the beltway of a HCOL city. Anyone making $250k can easily afford a condo or townhome anywhere in the US. If you really need useless interior volume or wasteful yard space then you can move farther out and afford that.

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      Wasteful yard space? Do you enjoy playing Frisbee buddy? How about just running around with your kids.

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        What is a public park?

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          In a lot of neighborhoods in the US, you have to cross major, high-traffic streets to get to a fairly small public park.

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            Do you suppose a yard is an option in those same areas?

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              Yes. I live in one such area, in a city of many of them.

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                So it’s in a major city that also has heavy traffic, but also enough space for houses with spacious yards?

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                  That’s why it has traffic, because it was built for low density.

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                    So the suburbs. Not a major city at all.

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            Then that is less of a city and more dystopian urban sprawl pretending to be a city.

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