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by dachworker 10 days ago
My parents bought their house cash. No they were not high earners and not even median income earners. Yes the house is now worth close to a million dollars.
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What the house is worth today is a lot of luck. I just looked at the house my parents built in 1978. It last sold for $225k in 2019.
How is this totally random personal anecdote relevant to this incredibly complicated, large scale societal discussion?