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> We have been conditioned to believe we need to live in high priced boxes. The housing market in the US (and the UK) always surprises me. People here just ren
by claudius 13y ago
> We have been conditioned to believe we need to live in high priced boxes.
The housing market in the US (and the UK) always surprises me. People here just rent medium-priced parts of boxes, often far after they found a family and only move into their own homes in their thirties/fourties, if at all.
In the US/UK, on the other hand, it appears to be much more common to buy and sell houses like commodities whenever you feel like moving.
- shawabawa3 13y agoI'm in the UK and my general impression is that people absolutely hate "throwing away" money paying rent, and would rather they were "investing" in property. Of course, they often don't take into account that they might end up paying more on mortgage interest than they were on rent anyway, and if they hate the place they're going to be out potentially 10s of thousands in fees