re: Quiet Quitting? Well that a new term.

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Figure it out

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We have. You're delusional and in outright defiance of reality.

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You can to, if you wanted. Its simply a choice.

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So you chose to quietly quit. Got it

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So help me envision this: at around the age of 20 you already had the knowledge and skills to build a home (concrete/electrical/plumbing/framing/etc), you had the physical ability to do so. You had the energy to work 8 or more hours a day, go to class 5 or so, study, build this house…..

Somehow I think there is more to the story, but it is your story so.

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Somehow I think there is more to the story, but it is your story so.

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It's roger. 80% of his posts are made up.




shite the dude probably isn't even a junky. Just made that up to add some color to his story.

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the age of 20 you already had the knowledge and skills to build a home

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Nope.

I bought a Time/Life series on home construction/repair actually... and learned. 36 book set put out in the 1970s.

You can learn almost anything you pour yourself into.

Also had a Police Jury of La scholarship that helped pay for $500 of tuition my first semester of college, which helped my school expense. I went at night.

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Where and when did you learn to build a home “with your own hands”. How did you handle the foundation work? Did you use any equipment? If so where did you acquire it?

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It'd be a sick story if it were true. I'd love to have the time and knowledge to do that.

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please tell me you learned how to build a home from a book. please

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I did.

Capable people can do all kinds of stuff, cars, homes, etc. Learning isn't hard.

To you it may be, but I didn't have a problem with it.

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Nope. I bought a Time/Life series on home construction/repair actually... and learned. 36 book set put out in the 1970s. You can learn almost anything you pour yourself into. Also had a Police Jury of La scholarship that helped pay for $500 of tuition my first semester of college, which helped my school expense. I went at night.

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It just doesn’t add up. You hand built this place, to code, where someone would insure it, near a college. While working and going to school at the same time. And you learned it all from some time/life books? No electricians help, no plumbers helped? Well and septic or city connections?

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quote: A 100k home in 1982, your note would have been roughly $2,000 with 20% down. Seems like you don't really have a good grasp on things as usual. quote: 1982: $69,300 Median Cost Adjusted for Inflation: $173,986.36 That same home would be 250k+ easily in the market now, which is absolutely insane after adjusting for inflation. Which doesn't even factor in COL being lapped by inflation many times over.

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A comparison of property would probably be more effective than houses. Houses in the 80’s were 1200 ft, had one bath, no AC, a wood stove, the kitchen appliances were limited to an oven and a fridge, etc.

It would be interesting to see someone price a build based on 1980 specs and quality standards.

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do you think its a reasonable expectation, given how expensive college and materials are in todays world, for the average person to be able to both go to college on their own dime and also afford to build their own house before they turn 22. yes or no? please say yes

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It costs ~$300k to build a home now.

It cost $47,200 in 1980.

Adjusted for inflation, that is less than 1/3 of modern costs.

What world do these people live in?