Agree on the regional issue. My daughter and son-in-law live with us. They have a 3 1/2 year old and a newborn. S-i-L works full time and is going to school to get his electrician’s license. Daughter now stays at home with the kids, and will home-school. They are saving to be able to buy a modest home, but we are in a “collar” suburb of Philly and also a “bedroom” community for NY commuters. Rents are insane, buying a house is even more so! Choices are pretty much McMansions at half-a-mill., poorly-built & shoved together townhouses or older “fixer-uppers” that will cost minimum 50K to be livable.
They were renting in an area that is going downhill fast ad getting very scary. When baby #1 was on the way, we asked them if they wanted to move in. We have separate areas in the house, and it’s been working out fine. And I get to see 2 of my grand-babies everyday, LOVE that!
You are a good dad:) The Boston area is horrid concerning rent & home prices. I live in what used to be a nice, middle class inner Boston suburb, these days....new construction, if you can get it, costs 1.4 million. The town is now an upper middle class town with pockets of real wealth. Kids who grew up here simply cannot live here after getting out of school.
Whopps...you might be a mom. In any case you are a good parent.