>>1526350>tracts that are designed to maximize profits for the developer, not maximize quality of life for the homeowners.So, like 95% of suburbs?
>muh investmentThat's the whole problem nowadays! You house shouldn't be a fucking investment. "store" of value? Fine. But an investment, I expect to raise in value. and houses can't fucking rise forever. I'd love to buy my place, but there's no fucking way in this current situation:
Option A:
>buy a house close to where I'm working and where I like it>That'll be 5 million € please (minimum), because it's city center, so it's all 4 story plus historic buildings>(sure, I can rent out the 7 apartments I don't need, but it'll take forever to make the 5 million back, assuming someone ever gave me that credit to start with)Option B:
>buy a small house at an affordable part of town>That'll be 500k€ please (minimum)>Oh, and you have to commute an hour everyday and the wife needs a car now too, so you've got two gaz-guzzlers eating away your money nowOption C:
>buy a small house in the countryside>That'll be 200k€ please>Hey, I can actually afford this!>…but I'll loose at least 3 hours a day commuting and I'll be stuck in the middle of fucking nowhereSo yeah, all not very good options. And then there's the issue of what happens if I have to move. Sure, maybe I can sell it for 10% more, 20%more or even double the price I payed for it, but house prices are already decoupled from reality, hard, so I'll likely loose a huge chunk of my money. Also, treating the house as an investment means putting all my friggin eggs in one basket. So sorry, I'll keep renting my place, while my money goes into the stock market.
