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>The masses don't own houses to put these roofs on Is this based off an SV mindset? There are plenty of homeowners that aren't rich around the country. Plus l
by belltaco 7y ago
>The masses don't own houses to put these roofs on
Is this based off an SV mindset? There are plenty of homeowners that aren't rich around the country.
Plus less pollution in the air helps the masses too, with fewer health issues and less extreme weather on a long term basis.
- gambiting 7y agoOf course it is, and unfortunately you see it a lot on HN - apparently no one in any country can afford houses anymore. It's like this Futurama joke - "no one drives in Manhattan anymore - there's too much traffic". On this side of the pond it's the London residents saying that no one except for the ultra rich can own houses, forgetting that in other parts of the country you can buy a (new!) house for as little as £100-120k.
- macawfish 7y agoAs little as? For many people living in those parts of the country that isn't as magically affordable as you might think!
- gambiting 7y agoNo? Because I live in one of those shitty parts of the country and since minimum wage laws still apply here turns out that saving £5k for a mortgage deposit isn't as impossible as saving £50k down in London is.
- friendlybus 7y agoYeah it's true inside London. I was there a few years ago looking at house prices. 500k pounds gets you a two bedroom studio flat in the London and a 4 or 5 bedroom fully furnished family home 1hr outside of London. That same 4 bedroom house inside London was between 3 and 5 million pounds. But for the working class/lower middle saving up 10k pounds for a deposit is real work.
- macawfish 7y agoI live in the Midwest.