Housing prices/cost of living is crazy

The system is totally broken, and a reset is needed. A small percentage of greedy fucks keep it in place. Real estate values are totally fraudulent. I know I bought during the Bush bubble. No bailout for me, but the crooked banks got one.

Government housing subsidies drive up the price of housing. Millions of illegal aliens looking for a place to live drive up the price of housing. Oppressive municipal zoning regulations drive up the price of housing. Devaluing the currency by printing trillions of dollars drives up the price of housing.

Its a bubble

This

welcome to euro-socialism:

big wages, big taxes, high cost of living, tons of handouts which most of which you will never be able take advantage of..

move to a more affordable state, I think west virgina and ohio are most economical.

black crime makes huge areas of every city
undesirable. everything other factor pales.

printing trillions to support racist wars for god's demons

It's getting so bad i dont know how people afford anything

Getting worse and worse we all struggle whilst all swamp dwellers have atleast 2 huge houses.

6 figures isn't a big deal anymore. It was 20 years ago. Now 6 figures ($100,000/year) is solid middle to lower middle class in large cities.

Last Edited by glp-smilies on 03/22/2019 09:06 AM

agreed, how people survive is beyond me..Credit CARDS!

If you find the house prices too high in United States, check whats going on here in Canada.

"...national average price for homes sold in February 2019 was $468,350, down 5.2% from the same month in 2018...."


[link to creastats.crea.ca]

I know some young people who had their kids young, and lived in one of their parents house, saving money.

When their kids were in high school they finally had saved enough and bought a house.

It wasn't easy, but they set a goal and did it.

Historically, young families often did start out at a parents home until they had everything they needed to start on their own.

Most had already begun the process of saving even before marriage, for instance, in the form of a trousseau for the wife (linens, quilts etc made slowly over time).

The groom/husband often built the new home in his spare hours for several years before his young family could move out from the auspices of parents.

I do think that right now looks like bubble though.

Modern folk dont want chump lives like that.

Bernie...Bernie...Beto...Beto....AOC...AOC!

Pedro does better lawn care....poor muricanz expendable. Too much drain on rich folk.

My grandparents were born in the early 1900s. As teens they moved into a home with no electricity or running water. He was a sharecropper. Everything was made from scratch and she had her babies at home. Now that was economical living. We have it so good now we have no idea.

Move to a rural location and look for older homestead properties. We bought a little 900 sq ft cottage that is over 100 yrs old on just under 2 acres for less than $80,000. We absolutely love it and the slower pace rural atmosphere! Added bonus -our county voted 83% Trump in 2016 almost everyone has gardens and are well armed!

Maybe you should try being a 'fuckpad' for awhile courtesy of glp.

please tell us WHERE????

Northeast Ga Mountains, 10 miles north of Dahlonega!

That's way worse than the U.S. At least there are still some places in the United States where you can live reasonably.

Step 1 - Engineer a recession (2009)

Step 2 - When people lose their homes to foreclosure buy them up cheap.

Step 3 - Engineer a recovery

Step 4 - Flood the country with tens of millions of immigrants to make the cost of housing skyrocket.

Step 5 - Sell and rent the homes for massive profit.

Ours was move in ready and had been kept up although we could use a new metal roof soon. I just looked real quick and found this fixer upper for sale "as is". [link to www.zillow.com (secure)]

It obviously needs inspection to see what problems it may have besides cleaning up and cosmetics but 4 beds 2 full and 2 half baths on 2 acres 2500+ sq ft. for $89k Bet it could be bought for quite a bit less than asking price. Surrounding homes are quite a bit more expensive if you look at the map and satellite view. That area has several, actually 4 nice wineries nearby. [link to frogtown.com (secure)]

It’s a losing game for the vast majority. Wages aren’t keeping up with rising prices.

This is probably right. At least where I am, it appears that we are in a bit of a house buying frenzy, where there is hardly anything on the market. That drives prices up and there are frustration for buyers.

Eventually there will be a corresponding dip. These dips can be frustrating for sellers.

Do you eat out or buy coffee on a daily basis or almost on a daily basis? That alone is costing you thousands of dollars a year.

Do you have bad habits like smoking/marijuana etc? That's also costing you thousands of dollars annually.

Those are just a few examples of people wasting money on stupidity.

only for things online and pay off every month

if I can do it, probably most people can. It is a matter of NOT buying

of course, I have been stopped by kindly motorists offering me mittens when they see I use worn-out socks instead


as warm as gloves, and softer

matches my 35 year old jacket too.


I could NOT give my stuff to Goodwill - too ratty - but cute, usable, and saves me lots of money.

Its not the illegals or the government. Its greeding ducking B00M3RS that want that third liposuction or 100,000$ RV to get back to nature for the summer. Lmao

Asshat B00M3R making assumptions about a young person who sounds pretty fiscally responsible. You probably spend more on Prunes.