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"Not getting paidism" is killing Americans. Does anyone remember houses? Honestly I barely remember living in a house. I probably never will again.

sircastor 8y ago
This exposes to me how privileged I really am. I have lived almost exclusively in houses my whole life. There are exceptions like college, but for the most part I've enjoyed a detached house on suburbia.
- meddlepal 8y ago
  Meh, most people can afford a house somewhere in the US. I have a friend that does gas station convenience store attendant level work and owns a house in Iowa. It isn't much but it has a yard, was in decent shape at purchase and only cost him about 100K. What most people mean when they say they can't afford a house is they can't afford a house in or near Boston, NYC, Seattle, SF, DC or some other hot and important urban market. That's an entitlement problem not an affordability problem. People feel entitled to live in certain locations.
  - mav3rick 8y ago
    I'd go with people "aspire" to live near a good mix of culture and opportunities. That's why these places are expensive.
  - mnm1 8y ago
    It's so entitled that all these people want to live in places that have jobs. How unbelievably elitist they are to want to work for a living. /s
    - hellisothers 8y ago
      Living in an area and owning a house are not the same thing. I 100% understand the desire and angst/emotion but don’t get the entitlement, that one deserves this, it can never work out for everybody. Living in SF area I want to understand this point of view, plz point me at a good articulation.
  - rwbcxrz 8y ago
    > That's an entitlement problem not an affordability problem. People feel entitled to live in certain locations. I would like to live in/near the city where I was born, lived a good chunk of my life, and where most of my family lives, but the cost of housing in Denver has risen almost 500% since I was born. Do tell, does that make me entitled? Because I feel pretty goddamn entitled.
    - dimva 8y ago
      Would you be ok living in an apartment (condo)? If so, you are not entitled, and your desires are very reasonable. But if you feel like you should be able to afford a detached single-family house in your city, you are not only entitled, your desires are impossible to fulfill - there's just not enough land for everyone who feels entitled to a single-family home to have one.

sircastor 8y ago

This exposes to me how privileged I really am. I have lived almost exclusively in houses my whole life. There are exceptions like college, but for the most part I've enjoyed a detached house on suburbia.

meddlepal 8y ago
Meh, most people can afford a house somewhere in the US. I have a friend that does gas station convenience store attendant level work and owns a house in Iowa. It isn't much but it has a yard, was in decent shape at purchase and only cost him about 100K. What most people mean when they say they can't afford a house is they can't afford a house in or near Boston, NYC, Seattle, SF, DC or some other hot and important urban market. That's an entitlement problem not an affordability problem. People feel entitled to live in certain locations.
- mav3rick 8y ago
  I'd go with people "aspire" to live near a good mix of culture and opportunities. That's why these places are expensive.
- mnm1 8y ago
  It's so entitled that all these people want to live in places that have jobs. How unbelievably elitist they are to want to work for a living. /s
  - hellisothers 8y ago
    Living in an area and owning a house are not the same thing. I 100% understand the desire and angst/emotion but don’t get the entitlement, that one deserves this, it can never work out for everybody. Living in SF area I want to understand this point of view, plz point me at a good articulation.
- rwbcxrz 8y ago
  > That's an entitlement problem not an affordability problem. People feel entitled to live in certain locations. I would like to live in/near the city where I was born, lived a good chunk of my life, and where most of my family lives, but the cost of housing in Denver has risen almost 500% since I was born. Do tell, does that make me entitled? Because I feel pretty goddamn entitled.
  - dimva 8y ago
    Would you be ok living in an apartment (condo)? If so, you are not entitled, and your desires are very reasonable. But if you feel like you should be able to afford a detached single-family house in your city, you are not only entitled, your desires are impossible to fulfill - there's just not enough land for everyone who feels entitled to a single-family home to have one.