General Politics Thread

Beerus said:
wot :wut:

(I know the issue with dual incomes, thanks feminism! but I don't know what you mean by the second part)
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Well if you're buying a house with dual incomes at 24 in 2025, you're in a better position than the same at 34 in 2035 (unless something good happens soon)
 
Giga Hertz said:
Well if you're buying a house with dual incomes at 24 in 2025, you're in a better position than the same at 34 in 2035 (unless something good happens soon)
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Oh, okay. I was reading that wrong and had a confuse.

What sucks is the house me and Jay were looking at in 2020 before the paindemic was $210,000 and is now valued at $390,000 so I only expect it to get worse from here...

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Beerus said:
Oh, okay. I was reading that wrong and had a confuse.

What sucks is the house me and Jay were looking at in 2020 before the paindemic was $210,000 and is now valued at $390,000 so I only expect it to get worse from here...

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Oh I bought mine in 2018 for about USD$152k and with minimal work now it could be worth closer to USD$325k
 
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Basically the housing costs shot up another like 35% and now interest rates are almost 7% and they were under 3% then. I know you can still get way more for your money (in terms of land size) in the US vs Canada, Australia, or the UK but these interest rates need to kick rocks.
 
I think people moving out of cities shot the prices up too. Prices started going up in late 2021 when everyone was leaving cities and moving states.
 
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Beerus said:
Basically the housing costs shot up another like 35% and now interest rates are almost 7% and they were under 3% then. I know you can still get way more for your money (in terms of land size) in the US vs Canada, Australia, or the UK but these interest rates need to kick rocks.
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Depends where you buy, I think. I think a lot of people compare to places like Sydney and Melbourne, which may as well be Californian run cities.
 
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Giga Hertz said:
Depends where you buy, I think. I think a lot of people compare to places like Sydney and Melbourne, which may as well be Californian run cities.
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Could be but you are phucked in the UK everywhere. Canada is pretty bad too. Like comparing some houses in Australia, you can still get comparable prices. Anywhere near a city is bad anywhere these days.
 
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I was looking at houses in Cali and you get like no land and a shite rundown house for half a million. It is insane. Same house with more land in Ohio would be like $130,000 max.
 
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Beerus said:
The housing market is phucked

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I got my house at a steal in 2015. $80K for a 3 bed room and 2 bath. Definitely had to do some work on in though. However, my property taxes keep going up.

Hopefully after my appeals I'll go from 90 percent to 100 percent in my VA rating. Then I would be exempt from property taxes. Hell, it was bad enough my BDE Medical Staff recommended Ch 3 Medical Seperation on Sunday... Oh well, I guess I'll retire from the Guard early. Sorry I went off topic there
 
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This is crazy. AI is going to cause a mess of problems for a lot of people. It already is.

And Trump's "big beautiful bill" is going to offer states in the US full protection for AI for 10 years...
 
Beerus said:
This adult child political feuding stuff is wearing thin on me man.

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I check out years ago. You live a happier life when you aren't keeping up with fear mingering. Im not saying that you are, I just know several Chicken Littles who get upset about every little thing that is written about the party they oppose.
 
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