There are tons and tons of houses like this out there. They're not new or nice, but they provide basic shelter. People lived in houses like this for decades. But it seems that many people would rather hold out for a 500k "starter" home that has all latest features rather than have a 1990s standard of living for cheap. Makes me doubt that there's truly a housing crisis.

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these are the type of white people you dont fuck with.

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50% black means the remainder are SPS. OP is acting like the 50% white are leave it to beaver motherfuckers. lolno. everyone knows it, which is why his GREAT VALUE shitbox isn't moving. no one wants a starter house in 8mile.

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they really dont even exist any more

especially at this price point

ur foundation or roof or something must be fucked up or the neighborhood is nigger/spic infested

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likewise more ppl get fraud college degrees and think they are entitled to a six figure plus jerb

and its not just the US its like this everywhere now even malaysia, nepal, whatever. ppl basically bitching and acting entitled like they deserve shit just cause society has told them get a faggot degree then u are set and shit, its all absurd crap

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Millennials also got it into their heads that living in flyover made them extremely irredeemably Losery, so coasts got more crowded than ever and Cleveland has thousands of Hectares of cheap housing, perhaps some of which with Linoleum flooring. And sure, No Jobs supposedly, but we have the republican caucus to blame for that.

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Edit: lol, I assumed your OP wouldn't be retarded.

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the solution is to heavily disincentivize purchasing a home that isnt a primary residence.

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Of course the houses are bigger, because people want to spend more time at home, having friends over, throwing birthday parties, chilling in a basement, and just enjoying their lives at home instead of having to go out and find some form of entertainment.

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Housing is expensive because:

1. Decline of buildable lands close in. The age of mass subdivisions is over for many cities. There are exceptions like Texas and Florida, where they keep building new subdivisions after subdivisions (and are more prone to boom-bust cycles).

2. Population increases in all metro areas.

3. The economies of scale means it's more profitable for builders to squeeze bigger new houses on shrinking availability of land. Building starter homes makes no economic sense to the builders.

4. Demographic changes and social engineering like Move to Opportunity have seen many suburban school districts go from nicely decent to mediocre and people are chasing fewer and fewer good school districts, particularly close in.

Close in areas with hyperlocal good school districts are very expensive and shitshacks get multiple offers.

Blaming everything on inflated expectations for waterfall countertops and fake marble is a red herring.

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