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bhikkhu

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13. Perhaps, that is what happened in my case

Reply to pstokely (Reply #11)

Mon Oct 31, 2016, 12:22 PM

Oct 2016

I lived in an apartment until I got married and my first kid turned 3.

But not necessarily - look at Seoul, for instance. People just live in apartments as a matter of "that's the norm". I wouldn't discount the possibility that things change and people change, and not often in an expected way.

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Further proof that home-buying is increasingly for the wealthy [View all] Zorro Oct 2016 OP

Its not really that much more expensive to add a 3rd garage Travis_0004 Oct 2016 #1

One needs a lot big enough to build that 3rd garage. Thor_MN Oct 2016 #9

But they will still fill their Mendocino Oct 2016 #2

LOL!!! greytdemocrat Oct 2016 #4

Here in Texas, the garage is often used as a game day gathering spot. X_Digger Oct 2016 #5

Rent prices in Southern California are completely insane. Initech Oct 2016 #6

those rates are soooooo low compared to here in London Grey Lemercier Oct 2016 #8

Demographic shifts, young people want apartments in cities bhikkhu Oct 2016 #7

that might become an issue when people have kids pstokely Oct 2016 #11

Perhaps, that is what happened in my case bhikkhu Oct 2016 #13

I don't think that says much- most new home buyers don't buy new construction Lee-Lee Oct 2016 #10

and yet we have large numbers of existing dwelings elsewhere way way underpriced dembotoz Oct 2016 #12