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It isn't unique at all to post-war America. I live in Vietnam and it is exactly the same here and always has been. Just go to Wikipedia's page on home ownersh
by freddie_mercury 5y ago
It isn't unique at all to post-war America.
I live in Vietnam and it is exactly the same here and always has been.
Just go to Wikipedia's page on home ownership by country and you'll see that pretty much every country is the same. People think they should be able to own their own house. It's a human thing.
The US isn't even in the top 40 when it comes to home ownership rates.
- honkdaddy 5y agoI think there's a big difference between home ownership and house ownership, no? The quintessential American Dream usually involves owning a house with a lawn and a garage. This is the type of living with I think is less accessible to the middle class in the rest of the world, even countries with high home (apartments, typically) ownership rates like Romania, but Americans and Canadians like myself grew up believing was expected with a middle class income.