I fucking wish I could afford that van. No lie, if I could afford that van, I’d be living in it.
I hate the term “starter home”. It commits 3 sins at once.
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Assuming that a house you buy is not really going to be for a lifelong timeframe
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Assuming that everyone wants to amass houses
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Treating the house not just as a commodity, but either as a “collectible” or as a disposable “learning canvas”.
All of this ties in with the practice of building houses that are only meant to last for 40-50 years.
2040 is just a 3x3x3 block of soil surrounding your body
Back in my day, we walked to school. It was uphill, and we didn’t even wear respirators! It was okay back then, before earth’s atmosphere hit the 2% threshold for microplastics
I’ll be lucky to afford an urn by the time I need it