I'm assuming you've got a fixed interest mortgage?
The whole advantage of that is that as inflation does its thing, if your employer gives raises (or you hop to greener pastures if they don't), your mortgage payment actually becomes easier to pay over the life of the loan. Rent, on the other hand, keeps going up.
So no, despite $20k roofs and $15k furnaces (you do know you can buy those online for a lot less, then get a HVAC tech to install it on the side, if you ask around), you're still coming out ahead.
your argument >shortages of housing are shortages of permits to build houses
and then your justification
>urban planning was captured through long march through institutions
and then
>ideologues that believe raising families, community-based neighborhoods, and even ownership of personal property are all a bad thing
.... but total lack of proof or even a hint that your claims could be backed up somewhere. I love it, this is peak 1999 shitposting, keep up the good wo
Since when does a 15min city preclude a parking space? Does using your legs cause the wheels of your car to fall off or something? I live in a 15min city with basically perfect public transport and zero reason to actually own a car. Yet I still have one and it's still parked outside my place.
This is plain ideological nonsense. I know, because I live in a multi-unit rental, and each apartment has its own parking space. And so do all the neighboring multi-story multi-unit rentals. Within 15 min walking, I have five super markets, three home centers, a hardware store and a lot of other stores. Additionally, within 15 min walking, there are a train station with services every 30 min in each direction, two streetcar lines, and five bus lines.
Ah yes, also a sports field, an indoor swimming pool and
1. What happened in 1914 that cause the system to collapse.
2. Do people actually like renting row houses and apartments, rather than having their own homes?
To be honest I always considered that style of housing to be barracks for the workers. Not something that I aspire to.
I'm assuming you've got a fixed interest mortgage?
The whole advantage of that is that as inflation does its thing, if your employer gives raises (or you hop to greener pastures if they don't), your mortgage payment actually becomes easier to pay over the life of the loan. Rent, on the other hand, keeps going up.
So no, despite $20k roofs and $15k furnaces (you do know you can buy those online for a lot less, then get a HVAC tech to install it on the side, if you ask around), you're still coming out ahead.
your argument
>shortages of housing are shortages of permits to build houses
and then your justification
>urban planning was captured through long march through institutions
and then
>ideologues that believe raising families, community-based neighborhoods, and even ownership of personal property are all a bad thing
.... but total lack of proof or even a hint that your claims could be backed up somewhere. I love it, this is peak 1999 shitposting, keep up the good wo
Since when does a 15min city preclude a parking space? Does using your legs cause the wheels of your car to fall off or something? I live in a 15min city with basically perfect public transport and zero reason to actually own a car. Yet I still have one and it's still parked outside my place.
Please engage your brain before shitposting.
Ah yes, also a sports field, an indoor swimming pool and