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Anonymous wrote:Sometimes I dream of moving to Kansas City or Grand Rapids and buying a 4,000 square foot McMansion for $350K.

Try $250,000.

I bought an old mansion in Upstate NY for much, much less than $100,000. I have 1.5 acres, a pond, barn, and a 22 room house. Not to mention a great public school and beautiful mountain views. It is my utopia.

We bought our retirement home in Florida. It's on the water. I can walk out of my back door onto my boat. It's about fifteen minutes from the beach. It's about 3000 square feet. Four bedrooms. All stucco. $215,000. Prices have gone up in our neighborhood since then. My house would sell for around $260,000 today. I'm still amazed at the price and we bought it four years ago. I can't wait to live there full time.

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Anonymous wrote:Here goes. I don't think infants should be in daycare (unless the family truly can't cover the basics without two incomes).

Agree but I don't say a word to a living soul to anyone about this.

I also agree.

You know .. I also agree.

WOHM here, and I used daycare for my first when he was a baby - and I agree. I don't think infants should be in daycare, no matter its quality.

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Anonymous wrote:Here goes. I don't think infants should be in daycare (unless the family truly can't cover the basics without two incomes).

Agree but I don't say a word to a living soul to anyone about this.

I also agree.

You know .. I also agree.

I have no interest whatsoever to live in the country, no matter how cheap the house or picturesque the scenery. Those are places for me to visit, but certainly NOT to live in.

Of course, I live in the dreaded suburbs and am perfectly happy. We have access to the city when we want it and have a nice home (not a McMansion, though) with a yard that is walking distance to schools, library, parks and even a shopping center. There are many days I don't drive anywhere.

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Anonymous wrote:Sometimes I dream of moving to Kansas City or Grand Rapids and buying a 4,000 square foot McMansion for $350K.

Try $250,000.

I bought an old mansion in Upstate NY for much, much less than $100,000. I have 1.5 acres, a pond, barn, and a 22 room house. Not to mention a great public school and beautiful mountain views. It is my utopia.

Sounds very...white.

Because it is beautiful and has good schools? What would stop anyone from buying there? Well. Other than the mountains of snow, but...

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Anonymous wrote:Sometimes I dream of moving to Kansas City or Grand Rapids and buying a 4,000 square foot McMansion for $350K.

Try $250,000.

I bought an old mansion in Upstate NY for much, much less than $100,000. I have 1.5 acres, a pond, barn, and a 22 room house. Not to mention a great public school and beautiful mountain views. It is my utopia.

Sounds very...white.

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Anonymous wrote:So ready to unfollow the HONY guy on instagram. I don't care about this ghetto school. These kids aren't going to Harvard, let alone college.

I also wish it would become socially acceptable to tell kids that college isn't for everyone. It's ok to be a plumber or go to beauty school. We need those people more than we need another kid with a worthless communications degree who keeps her job at the Gap and eventually becomes manager because that makes more money than a journalist.

You should definitely unfollow a site like HONY. It's not for you.

He usually does well in representing all classes, races, etc. But I'm to close to a few DC urban school teachers to know that this campaign is a road to nowhere and a lot of $$ wasted. I'm more interested in what a homeless guy ate for breakfast or a Wall Street guy's childhood.

What are your DC teacher friends saying about this? There's another thread on this where the OP is getting lambasted for saying it's a waste of $$.

Totally agree. Is this really the minority opinion or is it the unspoken opinion? I have told one of my kids that college isn't for everyone - because it is NOT for him and i want him to be ok with this. But he is not ok with it and i feel like a bad parent! Sucks.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't really care about environmental issues/pollution etc -- it happens so slowly that it doesn't affect my life and the next gen can deal -- just like we've dealt with issues created by the last gen.

Are you a Boomer or Millenial?

Millenial but on the older side of Millenial so I'm not 22.

You are exactly what's wrong with the world. You can't wait for someone else to take care of the mess the world is in and you must do your part to make it better. Recycle, grow a garden, buy things second hand, donate items you won't use anymore. Stop living a disposable lifestyle and a life that revolves around you.

Why must I do these things?

Seriously??? It's called being a responsible human being, an adult, and not expecting someone else to take care of your mess. Suck it up buttercup.

Yes. Exactly. I am floored at your selfishness. You seem to realize it is a serious issue, but have just decided it's not your problem. Yeesh.

Foreigners who have lived in an English speaking country for a long time shouldn't speak broken English.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't really care about environmental issues/pollution etc -- it happens so slowly that it doesn't affect my life and the next gen can deal -- just like we've dealt with issues created by the last gen.

Are you a Boomer or Millenial?

Millenial but on the older side of Millenial so I'm not 22.

You are exactly what's wrong with the world. You can't wait for someone else to take care of the mess the world is in and you must do your part to make it better. Recycle, grow a garden, buy things second hand, donate items you won't use anymore. Stop living a disposable lifestyle and a life that revolves around you.

Why must I do these things?

Seriously??? It's called being a responsible human being, an adult, and not expecting someone else to take care of your mess. Suck it up buttercup.

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Anonymous wrote:So ready to unfollow the HONY guy on instagram. I don't care about this ghetto school. These kids aren't going to Harvard, let alone college.

I also wish it would become socially acceptable to tell kids that college isn't for everyone. It's ok to be a plumber or go to beauty school. We need those people more than we need another kid with a worthless communications degree who keeps her job at the Gap and eventually becomes manager because that makes more money than a journalist.

You should definitely unfollow a site like HONY. It's not for you.

He usually does well in representing all classes, races, etc. But I'm to close to a few DC urban school teachers to know that this campaign is a road to nowhere and a lot of $$ wasted. I'm more interested in what a homeless guy ate for breakfast or a Wall Street guy's childhood.

What are your DC teacher friends saying about this? There's another thread on this where the OP is getting lambasted for saying it's a waste of $$.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't really care about environmental issues/pollution etc -- it happens so slowly that it doesn't affect my life and the next gen can deal -- just like we've dealt with issues created by the last gen.

Are you a Boomer or Millenial?

Millenial but on the older side of Millenial so I'm not 22.

You are exactly what's wrong with the world. You can't wait for someone else to take care of the mess the world is in and you must do your part to make it better. Recycle, grow a garden, buy things second hand, donate items you won't use anymore. Stop living a disposable lifestyle and a life that revolves around you.

Why must I do these things?

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Anonymous wrote:Here goes. I don't think infants should be in daycare (unless the family truly can't cover the basics without two incomes).

Agree but I don't say a word to a living soul to anyone about this.

Disagree, kids in daycare do better than kids who aren't.

agree with first two PPs

Infants should be home with a parent or other family member/fantastic nanny

But I am a snob about this, as I've always had either my mother or sister watch my kids when they were babies. Now we have a fantastic nanny who does before care. My kids have never been in any daycare setting unless you consider preschool a daycare.

I can't understand HOW any parent could drop a baby off at 6 am.

But I would never share this with many people - only close friends.

The kids are being influenced by their peers and the parents love it when it comes to trying new foods or potty training. However, it's lost on them (the parents) that their children are being raised by peers and not adults. It doesn't matter if it's a nanny, a parent, grandparent, or a small home daycare, there shouldn't be 20 kids together, influencing each other, from the time they are born. There needs to be love, compassion, stability and the same adults day after day and you don't get it in a center.
I used a center for six months because I was desperate.

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Anonymous wrote:Sometimes I dream of moving to Kansas City or Grand Rapids and buying a 4,000 square foot McMansion for $350K.

Try $250,000.

I bought an old mansion in Upstate NY for much, much less than $100,000. I have 1.5 acres, a pond, barn, and a 22 room house. Not to mention a great public school and beautiful mountain views. It is my utopia.

Anonymous wrote:I think all those walks for cancer - like the Avon walk - are stupid and a total waste of money. If you really wanted to cure cancer, you'd just donate money to a reputable place that is working on that issue instead of making yourself feel like you've made a huge sacrifice and struggled and therefore are a great person for participating in a 3 day walk. It costs a ton of money to put on one of those events! All that money could go to the actual cause instead of going towards making you feel like you did something noble and worthwhile!

+1000. Totally agree with you!