I call bullshit. how many homes are sitting empty cause fucking Blackrock or some Chinese corporation bought them up? how many boomers are sitting on 2 or 3 vacation homes? and who's to blame for those interest rates and record high prices?
at first I was like "well maybe you have unrealistic expectations, why do you need FOUR bedrooms for 2 kids?" but then it says they're looking for ONE extra bedroom? so they already HAVE 3 bedrooms but they're still making their kids cram into one room the size of a closet?
and why do you HAVE to live in Lincoln Park? y'all out here pulling 6-7 figures and wasting it on stupid bullshit like guest bedrooms & "popular" neighborhoods
WHY DO YOU NEED A *NEW* ENTRY-LEVEL HOME?! isn't the point of a starter home to buy some 40yo dumpster and fix it up a bit? there are houses for under $100k, they just need work. sounds like a starter home to me!
OH NO ONLY $750,000 HOW COULD ANYONE POSSIBLY FIND A HOME FOR SO LITTLE OH WOULD YOU FUCKING LOOK AT THAT
they're voting for president again? didn't they just elect AMLO like... a year ago?
it's reassuring that the worst BTS has to deal with during their military service is trash balloons instead of nukes
probably because if I had cropped out the name, that blurb could just as easily be about Don Jr
this was never about swaying his supporters in the first place, which everyone knows is impossible (short of him switching to Democrat and announcing Hillary Clinton as his running mate). it was always about (a) enforcing the rule of law and (b) reminding those swing voters why they kicked him out of office last time
people are just now figuring out that "life coaches" are a scam? where the fuck did y'all's critical thinking skills go?
@dietotaku maybe the trash was laced with deadly microorganisms.
@DavidKMresists probably would have heard about it by now if it was
NYT - we specialize in stating what you already knew.
@dietotaku There are several alternatives. 3D Printed Homes. Tiny Homes. ADU's. Manufactured Homes. Pre-Build Homes. Dilapidated homes can be torn down and replaced with the above housing units. The underground and above ground utilities are already in place. Land Banks are a great resource to purchase land to place these alternative homes on.
@ReneeVoiceBrand true, my dad got a plot of land for pretty cheap because it's waaaaay out in the sticks, and he built a barndominium on it for like $180k. but even then, sprucing up an old house is not as difficult as it seems at first. in the 16-some years my husband has owned this house, he's completely replaced all the flooring, updated the kitchen counters and appliances, expanded the master bath & closet, converted the garage into another room, and added a utility/sunroom on the side.
Majority of boomers I know can’t afford one home, let alone three.
After a lifetime of working, living on social security is a bitch.
But let’s keep blaming boomers for all our woes.
@LnzyHou Ty, was going to say the same thing. I don’t own one home let alone 3 homes to vaca in. It’s not “Boomers”…it’s the overly rich.
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@NorCalCherylLyn @LnzyHou i'm not interested in anyone #notallboomers-ing in my mentions. i bet you complain when people talk about white privilege too.
@dietotaku @LnzyHou you haven’t the slightest idea…and I’m sure you don’t care…what I do. You’ll live and die by your erroneous assumptions. #whiner
@NorCalCherylLyn It's the usual attempt to deflect scrutiny from the mega rich and corps (mostly the same thing) and put blame on some "Others". If it wasn't the "Greedy Boomers", it would be the "Lazy, entitled Millennials" or some other group.
@LnzyHou @dietotaku
@Ironworker229 I wasn’t raised with the entitlement I’m seeing so much of and I’ve always tried to avoid envious feelings. But it’s a common feeling, I see it all the time.
The problem isn’t a generation. It’s a mindset, a philosophy, a particular pov. There’s lots of it in every Gen…mostly among the wealthy and their wannabes. @LnzyHou @dietotaku
@NorCalCherylLyn I don't think we're in disagreement. I think that generational opinions about each other have always been in contention and I think those contentions can be stoked to keep folks at each other's throats when we all have a lot in common that would be better focused on to make for a better life for 99% of us.
@LnzyHou @dietotaku
@Ironworker229 I think you’re right. As with most things we have more in common that not. Each Gen had made its own mistakes and must live with them. When blame is your go to solutions are harder.
@LnzyHou it is objectively the boomers who turned our economy on its head. who elected nixon? who elected reagan? who has wielded their political weight to tip the scales in their favor and dick over everyone else for decades? yes, let's do keep blaming boomers for all our woes, because it's factually accurate.
@dietotaku Agree about Wall Street keeping their hands out of single-family residences.
and not just because of interest rates and rising prices either. income inequality is still increasing which means the rich are getting exponentially richer but the rest of us are stagnating or even losing purchasing power. we tried to fix it with the Great Resignation but y'all told the Fed "everyone got raises so they have too much money now! raise interest rates to bleed them dry and keep them stuck in the same socioeconomic class!"