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Old 03-03-2009, 06:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Eric5273
Same here. My parents purchased our house for $58k in 1975. It was a rather medium sized 4 bedroom split level in an ok neighborhood. Their mortgage was a tiny bit higher than $650.

In 2006 they sold that house for over half a million. Sorry to say, but wages have not increased 10 times since 1975. More like about 3 times. $58k today won't even buy a trailer home around here. The cheapest one bedroom condos are over $250k.

What is your argument here? Don't live in the same neighborhood then!!! That is part of the sacrifice. You insist on making excuses for people, I guess that is how you live with Utopian ideals. Facts are fact, you CAN live on 40K a year, most definitely.

Since we talked about value now: my father paid a total of $110,000 for the house he still owns, average sales in his neighborhood are around $300,000 today..ya know what that means....MOVE TO A CHEAPER NEIGHBORHOOD!
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