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2023-08-26 Economy

Home prices are getting so high that builders are starting to build smaller homes

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Posted by Besoeker 2023-08-26 08:04|| || Front Page|| [21 views ] Top

#1 Wow. Starter homes instead of McMansions. What a concept.

Posted by ed in texas 2023-08-26 08:39|| 2023-08-26 08:39|| Front Page Top

#2 Hey, a real base line unit rather than a HGTV tricked out production.

Posted by Procopius2k 2023-08-26 09:03|| 2023-08-26 09:03|| Front Page Top

#3 Homeowner essentials:

1. A bedroom w/closet
2. A bath w/shower
3. A refrigerator and a place to make coffee
4. Electricity

Posted by Besoeker 2023-08-26 09:06|| 2023-08-26 09:06|| Front Page Top

#4 That will be $4000/mo in NYC or SF.

Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-08-26 09:14|| 2023-08-26 09:14|| Front Page Top

#5 And, unless you live in a condo or can afford a landscape contractor, a shed of some kind for your yard equipment.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-08-26 09:17|| 2023-08-26 09:17|| Front Page Top

#6 'Oil Camp House' also oftentimes referred to in some locals as a 'pumper's house.'

Work from home. Walk to the lease.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-08-26 09:23|| 2023-08-26 09:23|| Front Page Top

#7 I think you can get houses very inexpensively in quite a few locations. Detroit, St. Louis, etc.

When will the local politicians there wake up to the tremendous asset they have there and clean up their act? (Yes, I make myself laugh, too.)

Posted by Tom 2023-08-26 09:44|| 2023-08-26 09:44|| Front Page Top

#8 "You might be living in a shotgun shack..."

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-08-26 10:50|| 2023-08-26 10:50|| Front Page Top

#9 ....and the days go by, water falling under...

Meme with Chris Farley:
You'll be living in a van, down by the river.

Now: If you are lucky, you'll be living in a van, down by the river.

Posted by swksvolFF 2023-08-26 22:49|| 2023-08-26 22:49|| Front Page Top

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