re: Millenial homeowners "get real" about their success

That's why i'm here, trying to pass my elder millennial advice onto the younger millennials.

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As a guy who moved back to a small town where he grew up, it's not that amazing. I witness it all the time.

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I suppose I'm trying to say the most ostentatious people are those newly urbanized and of new wealth. I think it's a form of self loathing for what they once were.

You’re so predictable . Just because you keep saying something doesn’t make it true.

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Just because you keep saying something doesn’t make it true.

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Keep thinking that Your level of try hard pretentiousness is something you can't live up to.

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I'm guessing "Starter home" doesn't mean anything anymore.

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We tried that route in 2008 after getting married because our parents told us the worst that would happen was we’d break even.

Ten years later, and after the typical maintenance costs that come with home ownership, we broke even.

I think young people coming into the market the past few years have it good. For those of us who tried to take the route that our parents took but tried it in 2008/2009, we got fricked.

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the worst that would happen was we’d break even.

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we broke even.

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we got fricked.

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Your advice comes from personal experience. I spend a lot of time in rural America and I can tell you that whoever said "remote jobs" clearly has not spent time there. A lot of rural places lack adequate broadband and cellular service. Certainly insufficient connectivity to perform the type of work needed.

And I know these aren't the only options. You have suburbia as well. I have lived many places including the Bay Area where people would commute two hours each way to work and yet they only lived 40 miles away from work/the city. The comment of "you have to sacrifice something" is a depressing way to look at things. The people in the Bay basically do not see their children because they're not home until 7 or later.

And the thing is, I know you can buy a house that isn't rural and isn't in the middle of a city because that's what we did. We bought on the outskirts of a large city, but to pretend it is something "everyone" can do by "sacrificing" something is incredibly naive and shows me that you don't know (or care?) About life outside your own personal bubble.

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but to pretend it is something "everyone" can do by "sacrificing" something is incredibly naive and shows me that you don't know (or care?) About life outside your own personal bubble.

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Motivated, resourceful people. Not everyone's cut out for it.

You'll figure out what's important in life and make it work, one way or another. No one is a victim of circumstance, they just believe they are. There's a million excuses why things can't get done, and most people will find one.

If the top priority in life is career, then you'll be a slave to your career and the circumstances it brings and no one can convince you otherwise.

If your top priority is life away from work, family, recreation etc..you'll find a place that fits you well and make that work, if you're resourceful.

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These clowns want 23 year olds to buy shitty houses 50 miles from their job

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I don't want you to do anything. You'll figure out soon enough that this lifestyle you want isn't something you are going to walk into.

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These clowns want 23 year olds to buy shitty houses 50 miles from their job. There’s no reasoning with them

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I just want 23 years to shut the frick up and stop whining.