Yes, that's a very dominant thought. My friend and I considered back in the 70's we would need to frame 1-1,000s.f. house to buy a new truck and frame 10-1,000 s.f. houses to buy a house. Today, you need to frame 8-1,000 s.f. houses to buy a truck and about 100-1,000 s.f houses to buy a house. Building codes and vehicle minimum safety standards add something to those price increases, but not proportional to the increased cost. Those of us at the tail end of the boomers ( 1960-1964) didn't have it near as easy as the early boomers. We saw this coming and sounded the alarm. We were called whiny little bitches. It's only become worse
I had a conversation with a Boomer yesterday about how housing is unaffordable for people that don't already own houses.
His response is that he owns his house without a mortgage, and he only expects to live another 10-15 years anyway, so what does he care.
Yes, that's a very dominant thought. My friend and I considered back in the 70's we would need to frame 1-1,000s.f. house to buy a new truck and frame 10-1,000 s.f. houses to buy a house. Today, you need to frame 8-1,000 s.f. houses to buy a truck and about 100-1,000 s.f houses to buy a house. Building codes and vehicle minimum safety standards add something to those price increases, but not proportional to the increased cost. Those of us at the tail end of the boomers ( 1960-1964) didn't have it near as easy as the early boomers. We saw this coming and sounded the alarm. We were called whiny little bitches. It's only become worse