[NaughtiusMaximus]

One of the best remarks I've ever come across on the current housing situation is that what we consider "THE POOR" in America currently live under 1950's housing conditions. And although that's not optimal, those of us who lived in the 1950's aren't likely to describe ourselves as "deprived."

[3dognight]

I agree, I think much of it is jealosy by the neighbors that are next to the house being torn down and replaced with something newer/bigger. Of course their own house and land values are going up too.

Some of it may be nostalgia also - seeing their neighborhood being replaced might be hard too. Anyways the 1950's houses definitely beat 95% of the housing in the world, so our poor can't be doing to badly.

We live in a house from the 1920's and even with the amount of work we put into it, I often feel like putting a bulldozer to it and starting fresh.