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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Check your privilege.

Most couples don't have the typical DCUM HHI. They afford townhouses in the exurbs on TWO salaries so they can raise their children. Most Americans can never aspire to DCUM salaries.

Shame on you. I despise posters like you. [/quote]

Relax hombre. They didn't voice their opinion..they simply asked why people buy on the basis of 2 incomes..And they are not wrong. A lot of us can't see ourselves living in normal "basic" homes. [/quote]

PP was correct. Most people buy their homes on the basis of 2 incomes because they truly need both incomes to buy a home. The DCUM privilege really shows in posts like the OP. Most people don’t have two biglaw or physician salaries and don’t have their parents giving them a downpayment in the name of “preserving generational wealth”.

So out of touch. [/quote]

I'm a single parent and bought a very modest house on my income during covid. Think a townhouse way out in the burbs fo $350,000. My house is now worth over $500,000 and there is no way in hell I would qualify or be able to afford the same house. And I make a decent income ($130,000). So these tone deaf posts are just gross. A young family buying a very basic home these days simply can't afford a house on just one income. My commute is hell, but hey at least I own, right.[/quote]

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