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Originally Posted by EE-BO
The growing gap between rich and poor in this country is often thought of in terms of jobs- but the real ugly side of this gap is situations like what I have outlined above where a handful of people have turned the key component of the American Dream into a personal get rich quick scheme.
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YES! This has been what has pissed off my bf and me so much. I can't stand watching those "Flip this House" shows anymore because it's those people that are ruining my chances of buying a house...and I'm not even close to being poor!
Here in Seattle, home prices are still going UP! Granted, it's a much smaller increase than in recent years, but we're apparently the only housing market in the U.S. where it's still considered OK to buy. BF and I are waiting for prices to drop, and we're going to have to wait a while in order for it to be possible for us to buy a house in the area we're looking. It's not right that a couple making well into six figures can't afford a single family home 20-30 minutes outside Seattle. Even the 2-bedroom shacks here go for $500k.
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