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3. New starter houses have certainly been underbuilt, both for young prospective

Fri Jul 17, 2015, 03:14 PM

Jul 2015

homeowners AND for retiring baby boomers. Mr Nay and I have looked for a smaller house, but the few that are being built are horribly expensive. Existing small houses are located in predominantly low-income and/or iffy neighborhoods. Building your own home on your own lot is too expensive.

The other difference with apartments (for the young) is that they really have no idea if the job they have at the moment will end in the next moment, forcing them to move out of town or out of state; who needs to be tied to a house?

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Why the Increase in Apartment Construction Isn't All Good News [View all] Purveyor Jul 2015 OP

The difference with apartments is that the landlord buys the big ticket stuff Warpy Jul 2015 #1

I went from 1400 to 3400 square feet, both houses all electric, my bill went down snooper2 Jul 2015 #2

New starter houses have certainly been underbuilt, both for young prospective Nay Jul 2015 #3

If you can live outside a city, consider a mobile home Warpy Jul 2015 #4

My BIL was downsized at about age 56 and they went straight to a large bus-type Nay Jul 2015 #6

I know that about parks, which is why I said permanent foundation Warpy Jul 2015 #7

it's absolutely fucking insane the amount of apartments they are building in nashville, TN. spanone Jul 2015 #5