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Price has nothing to do with sq. ft. I think owning a (really nice) townhouse is fine, regardless of the purchase price. Some markets are just more expensive th
by charlesdm 9y ago
Price has nothing to do with sq. ft. I think owning a (really nice) townhouse is fine, regardless of the purchase price. Some markets are just more expensive than others.
Just pointing out that, just because a house is massive, it won't make you happy. It's often seen as a status symbol, though it doesn't make much sense anymore in this day and age in my eyes, unless you constantly have people around and you have a large family.
- sulam 9y agoStatistics will quickly tell you price has something to do with sq ft. Location is the other thing that’s highly correlated. Yes, a big house won’t make you happy by itself. Neither will money, a girlfriend, kids (especially kids!), a bar where everyone knows your name, etc. You can be happy sharing a bedroom with two other people you don’t particularly like and you can be unhappy despite everything in your life going exactly how you hoped it would (speaking from experience here). But that’s human psychology, and I don’t think it’s useful to try and paychoanalyze why people are choosing to buy what they buy. Honestly, we all have better things to do with our time.