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marybourg

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8. I recently down-sized and came out of it with

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Mon Apr 15, 2024, 12:01 AM

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a nice profit to be invested. And I love my new, smaller, easier to maintain place!

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Boomers Bought Up the Big Homes. Now They're Not Budging. [View all] dalton99a Apr 2024 OP

Makes sense to wait for heirs to sell it Johonny Apr 2024 #1

this rt here. mopinko Apr 2024 #22

Bookmarking Drum Apr 2024 #2

I wouldn't be able to afford a smaller home. They're too expensive. Staying put. LeftInTX Apr 2024 #3

If a boomer can find a smaller place to downsize into Hope22 Apr 2024 #4

I recently down-sized and came out of it with marybourg Apr 2024 #8

That sounds wonderful that you found a place. Hope22 Apr 2024 #12

There's a Del Webb community near me LeftInTX Apr 2024 #17

That is true here too. Hope22 Apr 2024 #28

Last sentence Rebl2 Apr 2024 #47

My heart goes out to you! That is hard work!💗 Hope22 Apr 2024 #49

At one point Rebl2 Apr 2024 #55

You did the best you could. Hope22 Apr 2024 #58

Thank you for Rebl2 Apr 2024 #62

He speaks true words!💗💗💗💗🌷 Hope22 Apr 2024 #69

I don't want to pack and move again at my age. NoMoreRepugs Apr 2024 #5

How DARE we love our homes! nolabear Apr 2024 #6

Lol! Hope22 Apr 2024 #10

It disgusts me to think that our society is so calculating when it comes to our behavior. Baitball Blogger Apr 2024 #7

During Covid before vaccines we were caged animals. Hope22 Apr 2024 #9

Utter horseshit Fiendish Thingy Apr 2024 #11

This is Delphinus Apr 2024 #25

I am 81. House has 11 rooms, built in 1928. Mortgage is liquidated. It is probably worth $800k. 3Hotdogs Apr 2024 #13

Oh for goodness sake! The WSJ always is ruled by sheer greed. I mean, listen to them! PatrickforB Apr 2024 #14

plenty of homes, its that 'location, location, location' mantra that screws things up Traurigkeit Apr 2024 #15

J.FC, wsj, how about addressing the fucking billionaires, and other niyad Apr 2024 #16

I think I love you, niyad. stage left Apr 2024 #18

Hugggggggs, and thank you. I hope that I am correct (see, hate using niyad Apr 2024 #36

I remember when "right" was a good word PatSeg Apr 2024 #61

What they have done to our language, twisting the meanings of niyad Apr 2024 #85

I know PatSeg Apr 2024 #87

I get it. stage left Apr 2024 #83

I know that you do. niyad Apr 2024 #84

Absolutely, plus the article itself admits that even if the boomers senseandsensibility Apr 2024 #78

My oh my, that old trope returns. The last 2 times that home prices soared we were inundated with calls... Hekate Apr 2024 #19

Problem with buying a condo GenThePerservering Apr 2024 #20

What a stupid headline, like it was a Boomer conspiracy. Stoking the silly generation wars. betsuni Apr 2024 #21

I've been seeing a lot of boomer-hate tropes on social media for the past year or so jmbar2 Apr 2024 #30

They aer trying to erase the legacy of progressive activism DBoon Apr 2024 #64

Definitely targeting Democratic-leaning people. betsuni Apr 2024 #66

It's become a TikTok meme which is why I suspect the WSJ picked it up. BannonsLiver Apr 2024 #50

There's A Rule That People Have To Move After A Number Of Years? ProfessorGAC Apr 2024 #23

Living with less is more. ProudMNDemocrat Apr 2024 #24

Your new place sounds wonderful! Hope22 Apr 2024 #31

One comment on China FHRRK Apr 2024 #63

Our parents' china and pretty much everything was sold at an estate sale LeftInTX Apr 2024 #68

My China print is a simple Noritake Whitebrook ProudMNDemocrat Apr 2024 #77

Gen Xer...more than downsize, it's first floor master JT45242 Apr 2024 #26

retrofitted elevators are becoming very affordable and stylish.... getagrip_already Apr 2024 #51

We live on a beautiful lake in Virginia. Our home has almost doubled in value since we phylny Apr 2024 #27

A relative owns a nice older 1990s home of McMansion size bucolic_frolic Apr 2024 #29

That's The Golden Girls Solution Sky Jewels Apr 2024 #57

Your relative may want to invest in a second kitchen for harmony's sake, but beware of the codes... Hekate Apr 2024 #82

It's going to get worse. RipVanWinkle Apr 2024 #32

This boomer's still in my 864 sq. ft. first house. Basic LA Apr 2024 #33

In 1950 the average home built had 983 sq. ft. My home was built in 1943 it is almost exactly doc03 Apr 2024 #34

There's more money for builders in larger homes Johnny2X2X Apr 2024 #37

Myself I am 76, I am thinking of selling and doc03 Apr 2024 #40

Be sure to consult a financial advisor Johnny2X2X Apr 2024 #42

I have a home built in the early 1920s MissB Apr 2024 #88

Yea it is our fault for not going to a nursing home and selling the houses we worked for cheaply so that Chainfire Apr 2024 #35

I'm not a boomer but how tf is this a bad thing? EllieBC Apr 2024 #38

Great point! Johnny2X2X Apr 2024 #44

WSJ sowing another DIVISION in the USA Kid Berwyn Apr 2024 #56

You can "downsize" without sacrificing your living space and that's what I did Jersey Devil Apr 2024 #39

We could do something similar except I would never, in a million years, leave a blue state for a red state. An yes, Raftergirl Apr 2024 #48

Understand, but I look at it optimistically Jersey Devil Apr 2024 #72

Great to see the many factual and feisty DU yorkster Apr 2024 #41

Mentioned numerous times upthread FHRRK Apr 2024 #43

Yep! LeftInTX Apr 2024 #70

In unrelated news, billionaires are sitting on buttloads of money and won't give it up Midnight Writer Apr 2024 #45

Spot on Hekate Apr 2024 #81

I never upsized, so no need to downsize. Raftergirl Apr 2024 #46

parents of a friend upsized...retired for some time now.... dembotoz Apr 2024 #52

I'm on 5 acres, have room for fruit trees, a garden, honey bees.... getagrip_already Apr 2024 #53

Divide, divide, divide... The Unmitigated Gall Apr 2024 #54

Old Gen X here. It makes no sense for us to sell our 3 bedroom Cuthbert Allgood Apr 2024 #59

We're happy w/ our choice and don't want to move. Why? We would have to face a higher mortgage rate SWBTATTReg Apr 2024 #60

My now 30 yr old son bought a townhome in Salem MA in Feb. 2021. Paid over ask, got good mortgage rate. Then Raftergirl Apr 2024 #73

Good for your son. A chip off the ol' block, eh? I'm so glad that I bought into the market w/ my homes so many SWBTATTReg Apr 2024 #89

Hi SWBTATTReg, we are considering a retirement community, Qutzupalotl Apr 2024 #80

We bought this house in 89 Marthe48 Apr 2024 #65

I would love to move Mz Pip Apr 2024 #67

Why should we move? My grandmother born in 1903 didn't move LeftInTX Apr 2024 #71

My wife and I, both boomers, moved to a different house in 2021. MineralMan Apr 2024 #74

I bought my 'big home' 25 years ago. pfitz59 Apr 2024 #75

4 years left on my 3.75% mortgage Freddie Apr 2024 #76

Can't Afford Retirement Communities Deep State Witch Apr 2024 #79

My elderly parents have a large home Texasgal Apr 2024 #86