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Ahoey said

I believe you are partly right with your statement about real estate agents. Adding to the mix is the “I want, I need, look at what I got attitude” I see in younger generations. Old man told me when I was looking for land to live on and I was bitchin about how much it was for well, septic fields. He said carry water, build an out house, nobody starts from scratch with a gold shitter. But what I see is 2400 square foot house, $65k car $80k truck all the toys and bitchin about how they can’t make ends meat. Expectations are way, way too high and the banks for some reason are willing to back them up. My opinion

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Amen.

It took me two wives, four houses, and over 40 years of hard work to get where I am, and have the stuff that I have, right now.

But two of my neighbors: Early/mid 30's w/$500k+ houses, two (or more) lifted trucks, ice "hotels" in the yard, $60-70k Lund boats, HD's and other toys in the outbuilding...and yet they ***** about the monthly payments.

With the exception of my mortgage I've always lived on a "pay as you go" basis. If I couldn't afford it, I didn't buy it, and that was that.

It's also a major reason I divorced wife #1, as she wanted to spend it faster than I could earn it.

There's a scene in Gran Torino where Clint Eastwood is explaining to "Toad" how he acquired all of the tools in his garage, and every time I watch that scene I want to smack my neighbors upside the head.