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Its because the US excluded housing appreciation from the CPI, leading to lots of cheap debt all over the world that gradually bid up home values via the cantillon effect. Its now called owners equivalent rent, and its ridiculous.
Exporting all our production to China also helped dropped rates via deflation, though housing being excluded allowed it to simply flow into housing instead of achieving prosperity.
We're going to start fetishizing "living together" now because the rent is too damn high.
I came back later when I realized family is important to me.
People used to be able to do all that solo working as a janitor.
I work as a janitor and I can't even fucking feed myself all the time.
Not to punch down, but that is a sign to:
Sorry that it sucks.
i love my family! the love however is at odds with knowing what its like to live in the same house as my family
Indirectly, maybe.
I also think it’s mostly just shitty parents, possibly who also had shitty parents, that forced the “hard knock life” on kids to make them “tough” and self reliant. Assuming they weren’t just regular old being abusive in some form. Being poor can also drive people out, if someone isn’t earning money in an already economically tight situation it can create a lot of friction.
Americans have a kinda messed up family life. This “self reliance” that separates the family unit and attempts to make it a standalone entity against everyone else really doesn’t reflect the way a lot of the rest of the world operates with closer family and community ties. Even not too long ago America was a lot different in that fashion. Probably WW2 and the growth that followed were the main shift.
Shame my house would be pretty crowded in that situation. Although those pod bunk beds look fucking sweet and could work.
It's certainly cheaper to get the pod bunkbed that will make any child scream with excitement than it is to buy a larger house which will leave them bored while all their stuff is moved and likely move them away from their friends.
Unfortunately I can't live with my parents. I probably won't have kids, but if I do, I doubt they could afford to live anywhere else. Not unless I leave the US. It's rough here.
Moving out was the best thing that happened to me, had zero privacy at home
Humans have lived in multi-generational homes forever. Moving out at 18 or right after college is a 20th century psyop. It doesn't make sense unless you're getting married.
This is a great point, until you want to ask your hot date to come home with you.
Would girls still want me if I said I lived with my parents as a 30 year old grown ass man that can't afford his own place?
I guess a part of the problem is the stigma:
People have been told that whoever still lives with their parents is a loser, and that's the actual reason why it repells girls.
I would need dramatically more distractions and mental health if I had to live with my parents still
Look I don't have a bone to pick with the idea of multigenerational living. It's a system that works great for some families. For me though, the most peaceful day of my life is going to be the day after my mother dies. I sometimes dream about how incredible it will feel to know that vile crone will never be able to hurt me again. There is no amount of money you could pay me to live with her again, I've chosen homelessness over it before. No banker's conspiracy did that.
We should absolutely destigmatize the idea of living with your parents, but it is not a solution to our housing crisis. If anything, this rhetoric is similar to that employed by corporations regarding recycling. It pushes the responsibility onto individuals not doing enough, rather than looking at the large levels of corporate property ownership that is the root cause of our crisis.
I very much disagree with this. Paying your own rent means you have a place to call your own, even if someone else owns it. Paying a mortgage means you own your own property and have the ability to do whatever you want with it, even if you're tied to a bank.
At 18, you're essentially starting your life, and sometimes you need space to do that.