re: “You can’t lie to the American people about affordability”

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I would say about 1200 sqft. That’s a starter home.

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Is it possible to have a 3BR/2BA home that's 1200 square feet?

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I would say about 1200 sqft. That’s a starter home. 2500 is definitely not one. Another thing is most people nowadays (especially younger than me) don’t want to put any sweat equity into a house. They want to buy move in ready and up to date. Yeah. You’re gonna pay for that. Well then don’t bitch houses are too expensive. Unrealistic expectations and laziness does indeed make housing unaffordable. I agree.

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This is laughable. 1200 square foot may be a good starter home for a single 23 year old but not for somebody in their 30s who has or is soon expecting children. What you fail to understand is that we are in an economy where you can be in the top 20% of income earners and still be priced out of the real estate market. My girlfriend and I make around $250k combined and if we want to buy a home in DFW we will be financially stretched to do so in a safe area with a commute under 30 minutes

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This is laughable. 1200 square foot may be a good starter home for a single 23 year old but not for somebody in their 30s who has or is soon expecting children.

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good job in proving the idea that some people just expect too much.

Everyone lived in 1000-1500 sq ft homes 50 years ago, you know...the "golden Age" as considered by board Millennials.

Many with 3-5 kids.

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Areas unlikely to have many 1200 square foot options, I might add. Now if you open yourself up to poor/dangerous areas? Sure.

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In the 50s and 60s starter homes were around 1200ft. My parents bought a three bedroom 2 bath house for 15k brand new in a rural area and it was safe. They added on when I was 6 years old to make it 1600ft. People now think you need 20 x 20 bedrooms and a kitchen the size of a restaurant. I sold their house 7 years ago for 60k and it is in a safe area still.

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I would literally take any and every age group. I would dead arse rather storm the beaches of Normandy. I would rather freeze to death at Chosin reservoir. I would rather chase Charlie around the jungle. Get me the f$&k out of this economy right this instant.

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Give me the 50s. Work some easy bullshite factory job that can afford you a house and 2 cars on a minimum of 10 acres. Tradwife in the kitchen cooking a meal because economically one person could provide for the whole family.

Come home and bend something like this over the sink.



Then go out in the yard and chop some wood and then shower and go to bed and wake up knowing the next morning that the third world hasn’t been imported into your neighborhood.

Yeah I’ll take that shite.

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Give me the 50s. ..... house and 2 cars on a minimum of 10 acres

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My county won’t permit a new build unless the house is a minimum of 1500 sq feet.

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Mom and Dad raised three boys until we were teens with two bedrooms and one bath.

We had an amazing childhood.

You certainly aren’t capable of research.

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1200 square foot may be a good starter home for a single 23 year old but not for somebody in their 30s who has or is soon expecting children.

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Wrong. It’s totally fine for anyone. Again, expectations are way too high in general. Too high for housing, cars, eating out, cable vision, entertainment, etc. Exponentially higher expectations. No one is owed the McMansion and all the toys. That’s not normal.

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Mom and Dad raised three boys until we were teens with two bedrooms and one bath. We had an amazing childhood.

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And I bet back then people could get permits to get into smaller affordable houses.