Buying a house in a safe part of down close to city centers with an average paying job

That ship has sailed but it was the American dream not long ago

Look there is 1000 threads a day on the political talk echoing exactly that. With the same posters in here posting it. But for some reason in these threads they do a 180 and deny it

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Posted by imjustafatkid

Alabama

Member since Dec 2011

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Posted on 5/6/24 at 3:40 pm to lsupride87

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Buying a house in a safe part of down close to city centers with an average paying job

This is solely because people of my generation, and younger, voted for "defund the police" style policies.

Living in a "safe" big city just isn't a thing anymore, and it won't be again until people wake up and realize that coddling criminals isn't good for anyone.

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Look there is 1000 threads a day on the political talk echoing exactly that. With the same posters in here posting it. But for some reason I’m these threads they do a 180 and deny it

It's still pretty easy to live in a big city if you want. Extremely affordable even. It isn't safe, that's true, but the voting patterns of people under 40 are a large reason for that.

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Posted by llfshoals

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Posted on 5/6/24 at 3:44 pm to lsupride87

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Buying a house in a safe part of down close to city centers with an average paying job That ship has sailed but it was the American dream not long ago

This is where we wildly diverge.

Can you buy a house in a safe part of town? Absolutely. Can you do it today? Not if you didn’t plan for it 5-10 years ago. If you want close to the city centers I’d invite you to see how much affordable housing is near the center of Paris? New York? LA? It’s the nature of cities, and we adapt to that, not the other way around.

The American dream is still alive and well, despite the desire of politicians and ideologues to kill it.

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