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9. Yes, the people who bought it seemed to have plenty of money to sink into it

Reply to AllaN01Bear (Reply #8)

Thu May 9, 2024, 05:09 PM

May 9

That was something we never had. Seventy years ago, my parents (so I’m told) had to beg and borrow from every friend and relative they had to build the house. I am far more conservative by nature, and probably never would have risked getting my ass that deeply into debt to build a dream house.

Besides, my wife is European, and never would’ve agreed to a house that was only reachable by car. She grew up in small towns where you could reach anyone or anything on foot within twenty minutes max. If we can’t get to town by foot or a quick bicycle ride, it doesn’t matter to her in the slightest how fancy a house is. For her, if you NEED a car for the simplest things, then it might as well be a well-appointed jail as far as she’s concerned.

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The house I grew up in--I can't decide whether I like what got done to it or not. [View all] DFW May 8 OP

What an eloquent remembrance, my dear DFW! CaliforniaPeggy May 8 #1

Must have been an enjoyable reminiscence. cachukis May 8 #2

The house I mostly grew up in... Archae May 8 #3

This is what it looks like now DFW May 9 #4

that's a beautiful house onethatcares May 9 #5

They must have stuck a fortune into the place DFW May 9 #6

wow! AllaN01Bear May 9 #8

Yes, the people who bought it seemed to have plenty of money to sink into it DFW May 9 #9

one nice thing , unlike here i could walk all over the place or i could take the bus all over the place. AllaN01Bear May 9 #10

How beautiful. Even remodeled & gussied up, I can tell that house started with lovely bones. Hekate May 9 #12

A beautiful house, for sure. malthaussen May 10 #14

I probably have one somewhere. DFW May 10 #17

i have seen my childhood home via google earth. the house has been modded and remodded several times . AllaN01Bear May 9 #7

I grew up in a little GI bill tract house that my parents bought when I was two. My father was a laborer who never... NNadir May 9 #11

Mine was a 3 bedroom/1 bath built in 1948. LudwigPastorius May 10 #13

I don't have anywhere where I could say "I grew up" malthaussen May 10 #15

The other way around for me DFW May 11 #19

The house I grew up in was on the poor side of Emile May 10 #16

That house I grew up in wasn't even in a neighborhood when my parents built it. DFW May 11 #20

The magical places of my childhood have been obliterated by wealthy white people. hunter May 10 #18