Comments by "Comm0ut" (@Comm0ut) on "Americans Are Priced Out Of Home Ownership, Marriage And Kids" video.

  1. Most people are unwilling to study unconventional options then follow the herd off a cliff. The world is unkind to slow learners. I planned my life to not live in a city because cities are intrinsically bad choices (very bad when the economy tanks). I did not buy where silly people want to live. I bought a cheap small old house in flyover country but not too far from the coast and economic activity and made sure to buy land zone agricultural and get over five acres for the zoning benefits. I do not make my property look pretty on the outside because that's a net major tax hit and I bought it to live in not impress chuckleheads. Is the coast too expensive? Don't live there! Condos are almost always a ripoff and if you don't own the entire structure you live in and the land it's on, you don't really own anything so don't live there. Urban and suburban development prices too high? Don't live there. I don't live there and I am not at all special. Net result? Paid off mortgage, tiny property taxes and very low overhead with all the room I want (I can shoot on my property as do my neighbors without bothering a soul) for anything I want like shop buildings, vehicles, livestock (I keep chickens which are very low effort) etc. Learn the old ways of taking care of yourself. I don't need new vehicles but have plenty of reliable rides because I chose to learn to wrench. So can anyone (my wife was a helicopter mech). I buy used then keep them for over twenty years in most cases, some much longer. Pay once, cry once, no problem. Learn DIY! It's fun, you save absurd money and get instant response. Whatever you screw up at first is cheap education. I don't call plumbers, roofers, electricians or arborists. (I removed all trees capable of falling on my structures because they overgrow very expensively. Too many homeowners fail to look up.) Have zero useless hobbies or interests. There is plenty of fun to be had. I'm poor by US standards clearing under 70K/year as a disabled vet but I still do all my own work just a lot slower and carefully paced. So can you. Young people in my area do the same thing. I've taught many at the local community college. Not everyone is helpless.
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