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Originally Posted by PiKA2001
The bolded statements are more universal than you think. We are just living in a different era now than when our parents were our age. Over Thanksgiving my aunt was telling me how she bought her first house when she was 19 and working as a cashier at a grocery store and couldn't understand why "kids" these days couldn't afford their own houses. I told her if I was able to buy a nice 3 bedroom ranch in a safe, tree lined suburb for $35,000 than I probably would've been a homeowner at 19 as well 
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You could if you were still up here...house next door to me went for $30K. A 3 bedroom ranch in a safe tree lined suburb! 4 bedroom cape cod with hot tub and in ground pool went for $43K.