re: For all the Millennials crying about housing costs, here you go

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I kind of agree in general, although I'm certain you can find MUCH more affordabld homes even just 20 miles or less outside of the city center, assuming that's where a person works. People just tend ot be lazy and don't want to commute more than 10 minutes.

Another major issue to me is the concept of a "starter home" is lost on this younger generation. When I think starter home i think of like 1000 SF, probably 2 bedrooms with maybe a full sized 2nd bathroom, no frills. Basically a place to call home while you're in your mid 20s. Recent college grads these days think they should be buying a "starter home" that is comparable to the much larger and nicer home they grew up in, which their parents probably didn't buy until they were in their 40s and had saved up quite a while for.

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When I read people saying things like this I often wonder how they have such a myopic view of the world.

"20 miles outside of the city center" could be over a 45+ minute commute depending on the city at rush hour. Not wanting to dive 1.5 hours a day is not being lazy, it's totally reasonable quality of life decision. Couldn't imagine doing that with small children. Growing up my dad had an hour commute and it sucked getting to only see him for an hour or so in the afternoons on the days he worked.

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When I think starter home i think of like 1000 SF, probably 2 bedrooms with maybe a full sized 2nd bathroom, no frills. Basically a place to call home while you're in your mid 20s.

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Totally agree with you here, but you lose it here:

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Recent college grads these days think they should be buying a "starter home" that is comparable to the much larger and nicer home they grew up in, which their parents probably didn't buy until they were in their 40s and had saved up quite a while for.

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I think you haven't met many recent college graduates lately. That is just detached from reality. But even assuming in arguendo that you are right, where are those houses? They don't exist in the suburbs, it's all becoming overpriced DSLD slop, and in the city they are all going to be nearly prohibitively expense if they aren't in the hood.

To just tell young people that the answer is to drive longer commutes or live in a shed is such a boomer take to a real problem.

They do. You can see them from the I-12 near hwy 1077.

Deer Crossing 1000sqft 3/2

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How many times do we have to point out that those homes don’t exist anymore? And the areas that do have those homes are generally shitholes. The average home size has increased, yes, but it isn’t Gen Z or the Millenials building them. The corporations are building them that size and it is all those generations have to purchase.

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Stop being a poon and do what me and the rest of the millennial hipsters are doing. Move back to the hood that your grandparents lived in before the white flight, buy a shithole for cheap, renovate it, and wait for the rest of the white people to move in and do the same.

I'm currently 0/4 in landing houses with offers over list and at >$400/sqft in the not more expensive parts of Houston. Too blessed

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sure, in theory. i doubt that’s reality.

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I am way ahead of that schedule but we're still in our starter.

Yeah, these are all 77008. The sellers requested on all four houses to have best and final offers in within 2 days of house being listed.

If your career was impacted by the 2008 recession, I would not consider you part of a young couple just starting out (which of course was the subcontext of my post)

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Young people all insist on remote jobs. They want to live "close" to things so they can walk or ride an uber for cheap to bars and restaurants and stuff.

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In today's episode of boomer screaming at the sky we have, "all kids want to do is enjoy themselves!"

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"Not most boomers, but it's usually a boomer." I mean people who show up at city council meetings to stop affordable housing

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Like queens NY who voted for their new mayor who promised low income housing and freebies. And when he proposed low income housing where they voted for him in majority, they basically said "We are getting what we voted for? Here?! NOW?!! OHH NO!!!!!!"