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Posted on 4/23/26 at 8:21 pm to nola tiger lsu
I mean, I have a pretty normal-ish life. Just saying, there isn’t an ounce of substance to what you just said..
Posted on 4/23/26 at 8:23 pm to Auburn80
When I moved I downsized. I went from 2200 to 1600. My kids are gone now. What do I need all that house for?
Posted on 4/25/26 at 8:57 am to UtahCajun
Not really though. Sure I had all of the hallmarks. Spent many weekends and summers in MS with my Grandfather just hunting/roaming family land. I did get a '78 pickup from my father. 3 on the tree, inline 6, no A/C and only an AM radio. I loved that truck. I did change out the stereo for a FM/AM cassette player. Also put some Jensen's 6x9's in.
Dad paid $3500 for that truck in '78. I would buy that same truck now if it was offered.
Dad paid $3500 for that truck in '78. I would buy that same truck now if it was offered.
This post was edited on 4/25/26 at 9:01 am
Posted on 4/25/26 at 9:07 am to Auburn80
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remember that buying smaller is also an option
No it isn’t, because
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people demanding bigger homes
Precipitated in no small homes being built. Land costs are high as giraffe pussy. No one is spending money on land to put a small house on it. And for anyone over the last eleven pages who said “buy outside of cities”, you’re so close to understanding why young people have it so much worse than you did when buying your first house.
Posted on 4/25/26 at 9:09 am to Auburn80
Hey! I’m above average at something… 
Posted on 4/25/26 at 9:19 am to TexasTiger08
quote:I'm sure that house is in what is now a very nice neighborhood serviced by great public schools
My grandparents had a house in an older section of town, pier and beam foundation, probably 1300 square feet. It was a cozy place, and the back den was a great place to watch a ballgame with the grandparents.
Posted on 4/25/26 at 9:26 am to GreatLakesTiger24
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I'm sure that house is in what is now a very nice neighborhood serviced by great public schools
It’s also likely half a century older, falling apart, and still more expensive now than when they bought it, even accounting for inflation.
Posted on 4/25/26 at 9:37 am to Joshjrn
I lived in various apartments during and after my time at LSU. Bought my first house in Prairieville in '93. A 2/1 for 45K that offered easy access to NO and JAX. Once I moved to Houston I sold it to a friend that had rented it for a couple years. I moved to Houston before the sell and my girlfriend/eventual wife lived in a 1/1 apartment in Montrose. That place was nice. A doctor had built out the garage apartment very nicely. He built that place because he had another place on Lake Travis. He only worked a few days in Houston. We left before Stephen fulfilled his dream.
Posted on 4/25/26 at 9:39 am to NBR_Exile
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Bought my first house in Prairieville in '93. A 2/1 for 45K
If you don’t mind, look it up on Zillow/etc and give the last purchase price/current estimate.
Posted on 4/25/26 at 12:31 pm to Joshjrn
I haven’t looked recently but Zillow said it was worth 175 last I looked. I sold it to my friend in 2000 for 100k.
This post was edited on 4/25/26 at 12:33 pm
Posted on 4/25/26 at 1:00 pm to NBR_Exile
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I haven’t looked recently but Zillow said it was worth 175 last I looked. I sold it to my friend in 2000 for 100k.
$43k in 1993 is worth $98k today. $100k in 2000 is worth $192k today. If you haven’t looked recently, I would be curious what Zillow would estimate today.
But regardless, the point I always endeavor to make is that today’s $43k equivalent ($98k) wouldn’t come close to being able to purchase that same house today, even though it’s more than three decades older than when you bought it. Would you have been willing to buy that house for $85k in 1993? Could you have? Imagine the financial difference, then remember that it’s over three decades older now. All that wear and tear, all that dating of standards. You paid half price for a vastly newer, nicer house. Kudos to you, but I hope this at least somewhat illustrates the absurdity of the “just lower your standards” crowd.
Posted on 4/25/26 at 1:34 pm to Scruffy
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The cost problem is the cost of construction itself.
Builders charge far more than their shitty homes are worth too. They hire subs that do sub-standard work, throw up a street of mcmansions and charge $800k - $1.2m each, and none of them will pass inspection.
Posted on 4/25/26 at 1:44 pm to ellunchboxo
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And to think all those familys had 5-10 kids in them small arse houses
And there were no SUVs. Just station wagons.
Posted on 4/25/26 at 2:02 pm to Auburn80
Please plot this against High Fructose Corn syrup consumption along same timeframe
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