• LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    A cyber truck costs more than my house and huge yard did. I started comparing large purchases to the cost of my house, and it makes rich folks seem even crazier. Some people will buy a piece of shit, hazardous car for more than what some houses are worth. My house is in fine condition, too, it’s just very small and I got very very lucky with timing and the seller knowing what the property is actually worth.

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      6 days ago

      Do houses even go for that cheap anymore?

      After all the inflation, housing shortages, corporations buying housing, air bnbers, I figured houses across the board have become unattainable across the board.

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        5 days ago

        You gotta ask where they live. That’s not a city price, or even a suburb price. They live far from things, maybe have a small town nearby that hasn’t been gentrified yet.

        As far as houses where the vast majority of people and, importantly, opportunities are you’re right about the market being fucked.

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        5 days ago

        I got my house in 2022 for 60k. I closed a week before the market went absolutely bonkers, so I got really lucky with it. Idk how much it would cost nowadays, but probably too much.

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          5 days ago

          Your house cost about as much as any tesla.

          tesla is an expensive luxury vehicle that nobody needs and that people replaced their perfectly functional cars with. All in the name of appearing cool and echo and paying half a hundred k for it. They have also always been built comparably to a cybertruck.

          It’s not a 3k honda civic