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Keep in mind that $25k for the van is for a home and transport. Where else can you get a home/transportation combo for that price? Sure there can be fees for pl
by bronco21016 7y ago
Keep in mind that $25k for the van is for a home and transport. Where else can you get a home/transportation combo for that price? Sure there can be fees for places to park but the overall total cost to live has to be significantly lower than all of us in the rat race paying city rent or McMansion mortgages.
- neaden 7y agoA lot of places? There is a pretty significant portion of the country where you can get a downpayment on a house for $10k and pick up a nice enough used car for a couple thousand. There are more options then living in an expensive city, a mcmansion, and a van.
- mikepurvis 7y agoIt's true, but as we see in another discussion today [1], those options typically don't come with a very good internet connection. :) 1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21722874 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21722874
- bronco21016 7y agoHow is a down payment a fair comparison to all up ownership? If we’re going that route what’s to say he didn’t put down $5k on a $25k loan? I can’t imagine there are many places in the US where you can purchase a home and car for less than $25k. Total purchase price, not down payment.
- sokoloff 7y agoIs a downpayment on a house the same as buying outright an RV?
- neaden 7y agoRVs need gas, maintenance, and a place to be all of which generally cost money. Especially if you want access to sewer, water, and electricity.
- sokoloff 7y agoDo those things generally cost more than a mortgage, insurance, property tax, and utilities on a house that you made a $25K downpayment on? I don't own an RV, but I've owned two houses and I'm guessing the RV monthly expenses will be quite a bit lower.
- neaden 7y agoI'm not trying to argue whether or not an RV or a cheap house is going to be less expensive, a question I am not interested in. It's in disputing the assertion that you can't afford a home and transportation for less than $25k and the idea that your only choice is an expensive inner city apartment, a mcmansion, or a van.
- sokoloff 7y agoMy mistake. I thought you were answering bronco21016's question of "Where else can you get a home/transportation combo for that price?"
- esotericn 7y agoYou've missed the entire point. Fuck your 'downpayment'. That's exactly what people are rejecting - the idea that they should simply become a serf to some previous landowner for multiple decades because they happened to be born later. A van may have maintenance, but it's not rent-seeking behaviour.
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- ip26 7y agoYou can buy a mobile home for $25k (not in San Francisco, of course). They are not perfect, but neither are RV's.