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I'm not disputing your numbers; I'm disputing your values. Some do not consider home ownership to be a good thing. Some believe there are worse things than livi

I'm not disputing your numbers; I'm disputing your values. Some do not consider home ownership to be a good thing. Some believe there are worse things than living in poverty.

scarface74 7y ago
The relatively small overpriced housing in the west coast would be considered horrible for someone living in other places in the US. I couldn't imagine paying twice as much for less than a third of the space.
- Eric_WVGG 7y ago
  Cool. I think having more space leads to a subconscious desire for more things to fill it. I've lived in suburban sprawl, rural hand-made cabins, and even an actual polygamist mansion once, and never been happier than in my overpriced 400sq/ft (east coast) loft. Do you grok what I mean about different values for different people now?
  - scarface74 7y ago
    I agree with you. The biggest issue for us when we were looking to buy a house in the area we wanted were you only had a few choices. Buy an older cheaper smaller house from the relatively few people who were living in the city before the county started growing. But then you have an old house in an area where there is a rapid expansion of new homes. No one is going to buy a house that would be 40 years old if we did decide to sell in 10 years when they could buy a much newer home. [1] Buy a smaller condo closer to shops and businesses. But those were more expensive with less space, with the risk of random assessments based on repairs that might come up and we would still lack the benefits of individual housing. Not to mention the higher HOA dues. From the builders perspective, it doesn’t make sense to build, smaller slightly more affordable homes once you take all of the fixed costs into account. Our house was I believe the smallest floor plan available and we still had 3100 square feet - not bragging it was less than $350. Any halfway competent developer in Atlanta could afford it. This is a well known issue for why new affordable homes aren’t being built. [1] Also in our case, we weren’t comfortable living in the older parts of the county. We live in a part of Atlanta that made national news as being a “sundown town” as recently as 35 years ago (it was on Oprah in the 80s). But with the influx of a younger demographic the character has changed a lot.

I'm not disputing your numbers; I'm disputing your values. Some do not consider home ownership to be a good thing. Some believe there are worse things than living in poverty.

scarface74 7y ago

The relatively small overpriced housing in the west coast would be considered horrible for someone living in other places in the US. I couldn't imagine paying twice as much for less than a third of the space.

Eric_WVGG 7y ago
Cool. I think having more space leads to a subconscious desire for more things to fill it. I've lived in suburban sprawl, rural hand-made cabins, and even an actual polygamist mansion once, and never been happier than in my overpriced 400sq/ft (east coast) loft. Do you grok what I mean about different values for different people now?
- scarface74 7y ago
  I agree with you. The biggest issue for us when we were looking to buy a house in the area we wanted were you only had a few choices. Buy an older cheaper smaller house from the relatively few people who were living in the city before the county started growing. But then you have an old house in an area where there is a rapid expansion of new homes. No one is going to buy a house that would be 40 years old if we did decide to sell in 10 years when they could buy a much newer home. [1] Buy a smaller condo closer to shops and businesses. But those were more expensive with less space, with the risk of random assessments based on repairs that might come up and we would still lack the benefits of individual housing. Not to mention the higher HOA dues. From the builders perspective, it doesn’t make sense to build, smaller slightly more affordable homes once you take all of the fixed costs into account. Our house was I believe the smallest floor plan available and we still had 3100 square feet - not bragging it was less than $350. Any halfway competent developer in Atlanta could afford it. This is a well known issue for why new affordable homes aren’t being built. [1] Also in our case, we weren’t comfortable living in the older parts of the county. We live in a part of Atlanta that made national news as being a “sundown town” as recently as 35 years ago (it was on Oprah in the 80s). But with the influx of a younger demographic the character has changed a lot.