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Originally Posted by blueash
Therein is an important point about a huge difference in the American economy in the last 40 - 50 years. There is absolutely no way that a couple working mediocre jobs and part time jobs can afford a house, much less pay it off in 4 years. Home ownership used to be a major contributor to upward mobility. It no longer is an option for those without a good paying job, or two good paying jobs.
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And what is the answer? Perhaps a long term relationship of two people with mediocre jobs not wasting money, saving some money every week, knowing how to cook and sew and repair and paint and restore and reuse and choosing to not buy things they don't need. So much of having a "good paying job" is really the level of intelligence we are born with, not education as some want us to believe. It is just pure cussed luck if we are born smart enough to be a physician or an engineer or a bio-scientist. No one on this earth can raise their intelligence score, but they can use what they are born with to do the best they can. I believe that many are not even trying and looking to others to make things easy. Not all. Some are indeed born handicapped and permanently in need of our help and caring support, but the rest of us? Well dang it, just work harder and be careful with your money and you can end up here in The Villages with the "big dogs".