My parents bought a house for $14k in the mid 70s.
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
I was wondering if the US is property taxes were like 33%/year but it said original value, so I’m guessing it was dirt cheap then
bitchkat@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Frozengyro@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yea, it’s super location dependant. Generally the more rural the lower the taxes. But it also varies by state. States with low or no income tax tend to have higher property tax.
thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
when that guy was 25, house prices were probably in the $20k for a good house. If he built it, even cheaper. He’s equating two things that don’t really have relevance to anything but his memory
he’s also not taking advantage of his options for being a senior on fixed income nor did he prepare for his retirement properly if all he has is social security
caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
I get what you’re saying.
But the last half of that last sentence reads “poor people are poor because they deserve to be poor”.
thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
it’s too bad you can’t see what I said, because that’s not it. sometimes people do stuff that on the surface might sound one way, how are we to know what the man did with the next part of his life.
But let’s consider he built his own house. And owned it by 25.
I’m of the age that I know a lot of people my parents age faced with situations similar to what is being presented in the picture.
I’ve also been homeless with my family and lived a pretty typical native American not living on a rez life. i know what being poor is. i know what it’s like for old people who are poor