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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When you have 150k in student debt and your average house costs close to a million dollars, you pretty much have to milk your salary as high as possible.

15-20 years ago, a 100k salary could buy you a nice SFH for about 400k. Now, 100k salary isn’t even enough for a 20% down payment on a house. [/quote]

20 years ago, people were happy with a 1600-1800 sqft house.  Now, starting is 4000 sqft.[/quote]

That’s not people’s fault. It’s minimum lot sizes and nimbyism. [/quote]

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I prefer a house around 2500 Sq ft. It’s the perfect size for a family of 4. But I can’t find any unless they’re either shacks or McMansions. The market is nuts. [/quote]

No in between, seemingly.  People think they want the big house until they have it, and realize that it is not all that. But there are no medium sized houses, it seems - at least those which are not hideous; and most people don't want the old small brick box houses that have some else's make shift add ons, with zero storage, plus low ceilings. So, they buy the big house, if they can, and make it homey. [/quote]

Yeah the big house with a family of four makes no sense. People think they want all the space but most rooms will just sit empty unless you have visitors during the holidays. [/quote]

Even WITH visitors for the holidays, most of the rooms are left unused.  Builders are too concerned with the bottom line and maximum profit, so they build these over the top monstrosities that no one needs. Not to mention, the hideous farm styles that are being built now. [/quote]

Right read "When the Relatives Came" and you see how families used to make due when visiting family for the holidays.

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Are you implying it's good to make your family members hate you?[/quote]

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