Yeah, I don’t understand why this is downvoted either… do people not think women’s rights are in jeopardy? I mean, if they don’t live in the US maybe nothing has changed in their world so this doesn’t impact them. Being American, Roe v Wade being overturned is terrifying to me.

Ikr! Like everything is 10x more expensive nowadays

Should higher! We need this to survive!

Yep. In china, everything you do once you set foot out of ur home is recorded.

Affordable home is a myth.

I hate how boomers verbally attack millennials and other younger generations for this. "When I was 21, I owned my own car and home!" they say, but they don't know how messed up the economy is. Inflation is progressing faster than our wages and a recession has been predicted next year. Like, we pay more in rent than their mortgage payments, our bosses are greedier and give us less pay than we deserve, people are running around with devices that scan money off your cards... Humanity is crumbling. As the old saying goes: "Earth has enough to satisfy every man's need, not every man's greed."

Depends on where you live or are looking to buy. Where I live, homes are 20-30% cheaper in the suburbs than in the city.

Just bought my first place two years ago. It is doable. Houses in my area are cheap.

Affordable homes haven't really existed for a while. Unless cardboard box forts count.

As a recent high school graduate (1978), I worked for a company building starter homes (1200 square foot ranchers). All the build now are townhouses and mcmansions.

Affordable anything is becoming extremely rare.

When I bought my first house (1993) I got a 100% mortgage-didn't need a deposit, didn't need a guarantor, all I had to do was sign an agreement that I would stay with that lender for 3 years. I went to university at a time when tuition costs were free, and students just paid for accommodation and living expenses. I look at my stepkids now, they're all teenagers, and it's so worrying about what the future holds for them. If they go on to college, there'll be huge debts taking years to pay off at the same time they will be saving for a house. They fully expect never to be able to buy their own home, but rented accommodation is very limiting, at least where we live. There's a horrible feeling of impermanence, not able to redecorate as you please, no pets, no outdoor space, having to think carefully about furniture and possessions and how they'll fit into someone else's space. It definitely worries them too, they want to be independent, but might not be able to afford to be.

They are as real as unicorns and leprechauns, never seen one!

I sell my house for $200,000. Contact me if you need

Never was. Just a myth

Even in 2022 Market, )I could have a lovely home (NOT a McMansion) for what I pay in rent. But, when you add Realtors Fees (not commission), Inspection fees, and the down payment, it ain't happening!

I think i got the actual last affordable home on the california central coast 10 years ago. And this is a mobile home. Theres a single wide mobile home in my park going for 500k initially, then you still have space rent! WTF!?

They were never supposed to be affordable. Look up the meaning of the word "mortgage".

They haven't been affordable since my Granny ordered her floor plans/blueprints from Sears catalog in the fifties n they built themselves. Cost total $15,000. They sold the 70y.o house $275,000!! Good condition but still, city turned to s**t since they built and houses all close together n highway around block NOT worth it. With inflation way is this year, they have raised interest rates and rent has went up 50-75% in last year in year half in city we r in. Friends house they rented 3 years was paying $700 small 2 bed 1 bath 700sqft. Now renting at $1200 NO renovations!!!

I am severely asthmatic and if I have to walk through some employee's cigarette smoke to enter a business, I turn around and take my business elsewhere. Not worth it.

YES PLEASE!

a 'stupid tax' if ever there was one.

Just stayed in this thing, - hotel they are calling it. Didn't have to take the garbage out, strip the room, pay a "cleaning" fee or feed anyone's cat. Hope they catch on.

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I disagree. I come on boardpanda on a regular basis and I find my faith in humanity restored regularly

Let me guess, this is in the US?

I still buy DVDs/BluRays. I like actually owning the thing and being able to reliably access it for the next 20-50 years. Only series and movies I've rewatched at least once and want to watch again though.

Without cash our society would be far worse off

My local op shop has two buildings, one is the usual cheap things and cheap clothes and the other is the higher end stuff like vintage clothes or collectibles. It works well.

I've heard they've installed a revolving door at #10 Downing 😉

And the amount in savings accounts

Unless absolutely required, coming to office should be optional.

I live in a 24hr city, and I feel for those who work nights and struggle to do their shopping now.

Yup, Sitcoms are fading in general. Or are already completely gone. At least good ones. Maybe because you can't have dark-humored, sarcastic content anymore. Imagine "Married with Children" going on air nowadays. My favorite Sitcom...

Yup, with the new law in 2024 these are a thing of the past in the EU. USB-C for any brand. Not just Apple.

not in africa, we have too many unemployed people. We need job creation.

Nope, I think real menus are a hill many will choose to die on.