Subj : Re: New to this
To   : Gamgee
From : boraxman
Date : Fri Apr 18 2025 12:25 pm

On 17 Apr 2025 at 01:06p, Gamgee pondered and said...
 
 Ga> -=> Nightfox wrote to Gamgee <=-
 Ga> 
 Ga>  Ni>> The first 5 days after the weekend are the hardest.
 Ga> 
 Ga>  Ga> Indeed.  If you live where I do, from now until November, those 5 day
 Ga>  Ga> followed by YardWorkDay and then OneDayWeekend, and repeat.
 Ga> 
 Ga>  Ni> I had a house for about 5 years, which was sold when I got divorced i
 Ga>  Ni> 2020.  I'm currently living in an apartment, and I don't miss yardwor
 Ga>  Ni> & such at all.  I'd like to buy a house again some time if I can affo
 Ga>  Ni> it, but I'd like to find one that requires minimal or no yard work.
 Ga>  Ni> But then I still worry about house repairs & such.  The "American
 Ga>  Ni> dream", right?
 Ga> 
 Ga> Heh, yeah...  It is surely more challenging to be buying a house these 
 Ga> days, but that situation seems to swing back and forth some, so perhaps 
 Ga> it will get easier again.
 Ga> 
 Ga> The yardwork can indeed be a pain, but I look at it like this - keeping 
 Ga> the house nice means that when you get old enough and it's time to 
 Ga> "downsize", it will have enough value (when sold) to be able to buy a 
 Ga> smaller place, and have quite a bit left over as a bonus.  I'm not ready 
 Ga> to downsize yet, but it will be paid for in under two years now.
 Ga> 
 Ga> 
Does it get easier in the US?  In Australia, it just gets harder and harder and harder, and prices go up with no respite.

I'm pretty sure our pollies are deliberately trying to make many of us homeless.

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