Definitely respect the work ethic it takes. I don’t have it in me, and cannot understand the need to have so much more than is needed to live a nice life.
We wouldn’t need to outsource the raising of food to the extent we do, if a larger number of people just had a half acre, or better yet 1, 2, 5, 10 or 20 acres. My grandpa had a large chunk until the Great Depression and then a bad year. Somebody ended up with his homestead as well as many others. All that was a planned event just like Sars-Cov2. Every time the central banks play a tune for musical chairs, those connected to “The Party” end up in a cushy seat.
We as Americans are being gradually forced into crackerbox homes in crackerbox neighborhoods, then into cities with stack and pack apts with no windows.
My grandchildren will likely only see such beauty and expanse on a big screen. What are we allowing to be done to ourselves?
My children have an impossible task to own a home. $400,000 for a 3 bed 2 bath home on 1/8 an acre this year. $1,500 rent for a 3 bedroom 1 bath 800 sq ft place now. My youngest has about $300K locked up in a retirement fund, but cannot use it for housing. It seems rich, except that is the collection of 20 years of work, and the sale of a family home. In 30 years she won’t need a house, an apartment will fit my daughter and son in law nicely as they molder in retirement. My grand children, will have to be top 10% in earnings to have a piece of a home. At least somewhere people have land, not Americans of the lower class....which is one of the two that will exist within 10 years in America.
I understand about the crackerbox apartments. This started under Obama——so many apartments/condos being built. Who the heck is going to live in all of them? I guess they planned on putting the flood of illegals in them. I noticed after Trump was elected that started to change. More houses being built but now the tide has changed again. My son and wife bought a small starter house and figured they will never sell it because it might be the only house they will ever be able to afford. He is in the service and will be transferred eventually but will probably just rent to others. And we could leave our house to them. That happens in Europe alot—houses being passed down to next generation. We are in a bad
place I agree.