• @[email protected]
    link
    fedilink
    -51 year ago

    People also fail to factor in the difference in ameneties between boomers’ 2 bedroom, single floor, no-garage house vs what people demand today

    • @glimse
      link
      71 year ago

      I’m actively searching for a house to buy - smaller than the one that what I grew up in - and while you’re right about people wanting more space, it does not matter. Homes are disproportionally more expensive than they were in the 80s

      • @Wakmrow
        link
        11 year ago

        The house I grew up in is now worth 1.4 million dollars.

        • @glimse
          link
          21 year ago

          I was going to include house much they sold it for a few years ago but I didn’t think it was a fair comparison because they added a second floor

          • @Wakmrow
            link
            21 year ago

            It’s the thing I use to hammer home the idea that our lives are dramatically worse than our parents. I could not dream of paying that mortgage but my mom could pay it as a single mother of two because they bought it in the 80s for 300k and engineer salaries allowed them to pay it.