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Does homeownership not imply major participation in house maintenance in America? Do you just have "handymen" do everything for you? Do you only interact with
by hoseja 2y ago
Does homeownership not imply major participation in house maintenance in America?
Do you just have "handymen" do everything for you? Do you only interact with your physical environment in superficial ways?
- pjc50 2y agoMaybe you can talk to the guy who thinks that's exactly the solution: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43086440 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43086440 But "living in a home" and "homeownership" are not the same thing. Everyone has to learn something at some point, people aren't born holding hole saws.
- mtc010170 2y agoAmerica is a very big place, and homeownership looks very different depending on the type of home. Maintaining an old, free-standing house with well water in a rural area is a completely different experience from living in a newly built condo. People take on different responsibilities when they become homeowners, and their knowledge varies accordingly.