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re: The age of the median home buyer in 07 was born in 1968, in 2024 it is still 1968.
Posted on 5/20/25 at 9:53 am to Fat and Happy
Posted on 5/20/25 at 9:53 am to Fat and Happy
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Because the housing market has priced out a huge percentage of folks under 45.
Yep.. even on a 400,000 home 20% is 80,000
Unless you have an inheritance or family gift, very few can come off that type of cash
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Posted on 5/20/25 at 9:53 am to Darth_Vader
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This is a starter home…
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Go look at a home like this in BR not in the ghetto
You will find a 1200 sq fit house for 300k still
Don’t beleive me? See for yourself
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1300 sq ft selling for 300k in BR
Want to see what a a cute little cottage house like that sells for in Nola suburb?
500k for this little 1100 sq ft house in Metairie
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Some of y’all older people are in such denial with the cost of everything. You just want to pretend it’s younger people just “they want only the nicest everything”
This post was edited on 5/20/25 at 9:58 am
Posted on 5/20/25 at 9:57 am to RaoulDuke504
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To be fair to the young men Over half the woman their age are gay and hate men because it’s cool The average girl in your time now gets attention from across the globe on social media The lost their social skills because they were locked away for covid The current society has seen them as evil since they were born and has done everything to bring them down to uplift girls
Take this shite to the incel board.
Posted on 5/20/25 at 10:00 am to Fat and Happy
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Because the housing market has priced out a huge percentage of folks under 45.
My daughter and her family desperately want a house... it is expensive out there!
My husband and I were very fortunate and bought our home when we were 17(me) and 21(him). I don't know how young adults are supposed to afford a home these days.
Posted on 5/20/25 at 10:07 am to lsupride87
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lsupride87
what are you talking about brother! You can get this for $69,900
but it is completely gutted and hasn't been remodeled since it flooded in 2016
Posted on 5/20/25 at 10:09 am to lsupride87
if that was your house, and the realtor told you it would list for 500K, you would say no?
LOL
LOL
Posted on 5/20/25 at 10:20 am to cgrand
quote:What are you talking about?
if that was your house, and the realtor told you it would list for 500K, you would say no? LOL
Posted on 5/20/25 at 10:24 am to lsupride87
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1300 sq ft selling for 300k in BR
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500k for this little 1100 sq ft house in Metairie
Just as a starter home isn’t the one you want to live in the rest of your life, it also probably won’t be in the area you want to live in for the rest of your life. I did a quick look at towns around Baton Rouge. I found the town of Livingston. It’s 30 min east of downtown Baton Rouge.
Notice it’s the same square foot as the one in BR.
Here’s a home in Zachary, a town 20 min north of BR…
It’s half the price of the house in BR.
My point in saying all this is that for someone just starting out in life to afford a house, they may have to move a bit further out of the big towns to find something affordable. Live there until they’ve saved up, gotten raises, etc and are in a potto move up the homeowner ladder and move into that dream neighborhood.
Posted on 5/20/25 at 10:26 am to Darth_Vader
You know who didn’t have to move 20 miles outside of BR to afford an 1100 sq foot house? Every generation before 
That’s the entire point. Housing costs are insane compared to the past
The fact you are posting a house for sale in Livingston parish going for $152 a sq ft as a good deal shows you are insane That’s fricking expensive as shite for that house too
That’s the entire point. Housing costs are insane compared to the past
The fact you are posting a house for sale in Livingston parish going for $152 a sq ft as a good deal shows you are insane
That’s fricking expensive as shite for that house too This post was edited on 5/20/25 at 10:28 am
Posted on 5/20/25 at 10:27 am to lsupride87
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Some of y’all older people are in such denial with the cost of everything. You just want to pretend it’s younger people just “they want only the nicest everything”
And Baton Rouge and NOLA aren't anywhere near the most expensive markets to live
Posted on 5/20/25 at 10:28 am to lsupride87
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You know who didn’t have to move 20 miles outside of BR to afford an 1100 sq foot house? Every generation before
You can’t reason with this retard
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The fact you are posting a house for sale on Livingston going for $152 a sq ft as a good deal shows you are insane
Where you can’t send your kids to public schools
Posted on 5/20/25 at 10:34 am to Breesus
Yes, I know how median works. My response was to someone that indicated only Boomers were the home buyers so I am not off base by pointing out Genx started in 1968. In fact people in the higher half would be Gen X and since GenX started in 65 the lower half would include Gen X. It would almost be an even split between Boomers and Gen X.
It's also it's well know fact people born in 1968 are voracious eaters!
It's also it's well know fact people born in 1968 are voracious eaters!
Posted on 5/20/25 at 10:35 am to Mingo Was His NameO
Most public schools in LP are decent. That would be a shite commute though. Probably more like an hour one way than 30 minutes.
Posted on 5/20/25 at 10:36 am to fallguy_1978
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Most public schools in LP are decent.
There’s maybe 10 public schools in the entire state that are “decent”
Posted on 5/20/25 at 10:39 am to lsupride87
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You know who didn’t have to move 20 miles outside of BR to afford an 1100 sq foot house? Every generation before
My first house that I bought for myself 30+ years ago was a used single wide trailer in a middle of nowhere community, not even a town, called Tait’s Gap. Lived there for about 3 years and bought a 1,100 sq foot 3 bed/2 bath house built in the 1950s, still about 45 min from Bham and 7 miles outside of the nearest town. Lived there about 5 years and moved into a nice two story brick 3,000 sq foot in a nice subdivision in town. Don’t tell me this is the first generation that can’t afford the nice big house in the middle of town.
Posted on 5/20/25 at 10:42 am to Darth_Vader
quote:And guess what? That would be disproportionately more expensive if someone did the exact same thing today
My first house that I bought for myself 30+ years ago was a used single wide trailer in a middle of nowhere community, not even a town, called Tait’s Gap
Not a difficult concept to grasp
Whether it be a mansion or a trailer park, it’s more expensive today relative to income than ever before
quote:I will factually tell you this generation has to spend more of their income to buy a home than any generation ever before regardless of the type of home
Don’t tell me this is the first generation that can’t afford the nice big house in the middle of town.
This post was edited on 5/20/25 at 10:44 am
Posted on 5/20/25 at 10:44 am to Darth_Vader
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My first house that I bought for myself 30+ years ago was a used single wide trailer in a middle of nowhere community, not even a town, called Tait’s Gap. Lived there for about 3 years and bought a 1,100 sq foot 3 bed/2 bath house built in the 1950s, still about 45 min from Bham and 7 miles outside of the nearest town.
You don’t go to college, people with STEM degrees can’t afford a 1,000 sq foot house within 30 minutes of their job. That’s insane, making excuses for it is even more insane. That’s not good for anyone
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Not a difficult concept to grasp
You’ve been here long enough to know that’s not true
This post was edited on 5/20/25 at 10:45 am
Posted on 5/20/25 at 10:46 am to Darth_Vader
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My point in saying all this is that for someone just starting out in life to afford a house, they may have to move a bit further out of the big towns to find something affordable.
You say that as if the cost of commuting and owning a car isn't also a financial burden for those just starting out
Posted on 5/20/25 at 10:48 am to tigeraddict
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coupled with higher grocery prices people have less descranary income as a whole
You almost had it!
Posted on 5/20/25 at 10:51 am to Powerman
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You say that as if the cost of commuting and owning a car isn't also a financial burden for those just starting out
Newsflash: life is hard and unfair. And no one owes you, nor will they give you, anything. Bitching and whining about it will get you nowhere.
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