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hunter

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4. I know I can live in a car or a garden shed because I've done it.

Reply to FirstLight (Original post)

Tue Nov 25, 2025, 08:24 PM

Nov 25

My wife and I bought our first house in the Midwestern Rust Belt for $8,000, about the same as I paid for my first car. We sold it for double that.

It's fucking weird. I never thought about this stuff, never cared about it. Still don't.

The house we live in now has quadrupled in value.

We're nearly California millionaires.

Alas, we've seen that kind of money evaporate in hospital bills, thankfully most paid by insurance.

But it does give one perspective.

If everything goes to shit I know how to live in a garden shed.

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My adult kids and I have been talking about housing [View all] FirstLight Nov 25 OP

I knew it was going to bust when people started taking UpInArms Nov 25 #1

It's a slightly different housing problem this time; more owners are financial institutions. haele Nov 25 #2

The advice I would give my nieces would be: meadowlander Nov 25 #3

I know I can live in a car or a garden shed because I've done it. hunter Nov 25 #4