The dream of home ownership has been exploited by the consumer demand people. Buy a bigger house. Get a bigger/plasma TV. Build a home theatre. Put in the granite kitchen counters and the faux pro-grade stainless steel oven and refrigerator. Get that home equity/improvement loan -- and then roll in a vacation to Hawaii while you're at it.
It was all insane and has damaged people. But it also makes a younger generation who doesn't think about "lifetime employment" with just one company, assume that home ownership isn't for them. Yea, they even reject the endless winding subdivision neighborhoods in the suburbs, all without sidewalks and a walking or porch culture.
Sometimes I think I'm an Edwardian at heart. 1900-1914. "Even God cannot sink that culture!"
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Date: Wednesday, 28 January 2009 21:07 (UTC)It was all insane and has damaged people. But it also makes a younger generation who doesn't think about "lifetime employment" with just one company, assume that home ownership isn't for them. Yea, they even reject the endless winding subdivision neighborhoods in the suburbs, all without sidewalks and a walking or porch culture.
Sometimes I think I'm an Edwardian at heart. 1900-1914. "Even God cannot sink that culture!"
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