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I love my house and I just wish the previous owner took better care of certain shit so we didn't have to replace it

Our amount of space I feel is very good, a real office would be nice but other than that I'm happy

 

wow TIL I do not understand one of the thread's most consistent bits

I'll try to do better from now on

 

I looked up my parents house and they bought it for $76k in 1990 and houses near them are selling for $400k+ now.

 

When Laura's mom dies or goes into a home it'll be perfect (to be clear I don't want Laura's mom to die)

 

Slatwall Panels - 4 x 8', Black Melamine H-4774BL - Uline

slat wall

 

slat wall

 

910517 N Oak Bend Trl, Chandler, OK 74834 | MLS #2504140 | Zillow

this is the most expensive house listed in my hometown

 

This is not an argument this is just me long-form analyzing my own viewpoint to understand it better, just to clarify. No one else needs to take this dialogue seriously or thoughtfully if they don’t want to lol

I think part of what I’m seeing is the residual effects of white flight - the fact that “normal American living” for most people is:

A) not accessible for brown people and laborers whose families weren’t offered the same subsidies and loan assistance in the 1950s, and thus have not built up any wealth from flipping houses that they can use to afford what houses cost now

b) often really lacking in culture and color and nature, because of the lack of diversity of people who could move to the suburbs over the years.

C) prioritizing American individualism like mowing down ALL the trees and designing mazes of cul-de-sacs for the sake of everyone having “this is MY yard” rather than coexisting with the nature and infrastructure that’s already there, and being connected by stroads and enormous parking lots that are hostile to nature and pedestrians for the sake of everyone solo driving their own car all the time, etc.

I was one of the minority POC (because my parents were in the military) who grew up that way, so it’s not like I can’t empathize with the majority of Americans simply being comfortable with that lifestyle, nobody needs to think about all this when they just want to buy an affordable house they can keep their kids safe in. And I am susceptible to the same creature comforts even while I critique them sociopolitically.

so while gentrification might be the wrong word, in general I feel like it’s all connected to the even larger concept of American society being focused around “myself, my own family, and people exactly in my class bracket” rather than how communities can better each other and grow into something way more inclusive and diverse. And that’s what rubs me the wrong way, that in suburbs you can clearly visualize the “myself, my own family” as being white collar workers with money and white privilege (or in the case of my parents, POC who are brainwashed against their own cultural expression because that’s what they’re told they have to do to have a gainful income) no other group would design a neighborhood like that lol. It’s not so much that it’s like the 1950s and people are still moving to suburbs just to get their kids away from black kids in schools lol. It’s more so the residual effects of, “that’s how it started, here’s where we are as a society, this is why we’re so divided by race and class even when our hearts are in the right place and we don’t wanna be.”

Gentrification in cities rubs me the wrong way too. From an aesthetic standpoint though, at least in some cities like Atlanta you can still see the historic cultural diversity that got them to the vibrant state they are in.

 

Property taxes are so cheap on that jesus

 

My childhood home got foreclosed on and was sold at an auction for less than what we paid for our condo. It’s haunted, but if I were just 5 years older I could have secured the ghouls

 

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1997-S-State-Highway-205-Rockwall-TX-75032/447644498_zpid/

The most in my childhood hometown

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2401-Doreen-St-Grand-Prairie-TX-75050/2121275090_zpid/

The most in my current town

I hate both houses tbh

 

rock wall

 

slat wall

 

Currently working on this dudes house. The guest house is bigger than my house lol.

 

jorb what do you do

 

works on dudes houses

 

the way he says gazebo at 54 seconds is so funny sorry jorb

 

he jorbs

 

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2331-130th-St-Van-Meter-IA-50261/338622712_zpid/

Something like this would be my choice. The house isnt anything special, just give me the land and pond.

 

this guy has now flaked on an interview a 2nd time

not great pal

 

I design building control systems. Rockstar plan failed.

 

i follow this guy that reports on local city council stuff and these posts made me laugh

 

This was my childhood house. If my parents held on for a little longer they'd be loaded lol

https://www.redfin.com/MA/Haverhill/36-Greenleaf-St-01835/home/11331966