I do own a house (finally got one in my late 30s) but part of what got me here is ignoring dental care (missing 2 teeth)
I would be missing three but I went to Costa Rica once for unrelated reasons and got an implant while I was there. Ruined my trip a little bit because getting an implant sucks but it was $750 vs $5100 in America (with pretty good insurance)
If you’re missing teeth for a long time (I’m pushing 8 years now) the rest of your teeth start moving around. It’s a real problem. Additionally once this happens missing teeth can exacerbate hip and back problems! Your jaw misaligns and then your posture gets fucked up
best country in the world
AmazingAwesomator@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
my parents were born in 1953 & 1954.
i was born in 1984. single income household, father is blue collar worker, mother is housewife.
when i was born, we lived in a big, two-story, full-size single family home in a high cost of living area.
when i was 3 years old (1987), my parents decided they wanted another house, so they bought one and we moved to an even higher cost of living area. they didnt sell the first house to afford a new one, they just bought another one and we had two houses.
what the fuck happened.
riodoro1@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Nobody thought that we will need someplace to live too. They bought up every plot for themselves and now that there are people who need it they want to get rich.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
It brings me joy when I hear of a location charging significantly higher tax for houses that are left empty
GluWu@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
People born in the 50s bought properties they didn’t need or use and didn’t sell them.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Assuming you’re American, your parents basically won the birth jackpot. The united states implemented a mixed economy shortly before the rest of the industrialized world was destroyed in a massive war, while we rapidly increased industrial capacity to aid the war effort.
Then right as that all slowed down shortly before you were born we began the process of neoliberalization. A process by which we received short term gains in exchange for giving up long term capacity and security. This kept the gravy train going for a while longer but it dropped the floor hard. And so we’re paying the price, as the rich refuse to accept any less. Additionally the main fast cash we can squeeze out at this point is through ecological devastation that will cost us multiple times what we get fairly quickly.
umbrella@lemmy.ml 4 weeks ago
real state speculation.
turnip@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
People speculate with cheap mortgage debt, nobody is spending their own money.