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by gist 670 days ago
Can't afford 'high' prices? Work harder spend less time on play or leisure pursuits. Realize maybe you should have studied harder in high school or picked a career based on earnings rather than 'what you enjoyed'. While this doesn't cover all situations for sure it does cover many 'whiners' who wish things were just easier for them 'because they should be and that's why'.

Not everyone can 'win' and the people who try harder often win more. And of course don't forget 'luck'. It plays a large part as well.

And guess what? Many of those people who win actually worked harder and weren't born or inherited and are from disadvantaged groups. Nobody wants to think that. Everyone thinks the other person has an edge 'and if I just had that edge things would be fine for me'.

(My father came to this country with nothing. My mother grew up and her father died back when there was no social safety net. All the children went to work. And yes because of that and in addition to my personal hard work and attention to school things are better for me for sure.)

We have a DR Horton home. It's really nice and well built. They deserve to make money.