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Originally Posted by Sliver
I've never understood why people have such a boner over big yards. Are they jogging around their little fenced pen or something? You need a patio to chill on and a chunk of yard for a trampoline or kiddy pool. Huge yards are dumb and a total time suck.
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To be fair, I went to a few open houses earlier this year to see what kind of ####ty houses were selling for $800-900K. I appreciate my large yard because I can't see clearly into my neighbor's windows from my window. Seeing some of the neighbors in that open house like some fishbowl or zoo exhibit just felt weird and wrong. Imagining the reverse felt worse.
New builds have addressed this ####ty design, but the lack of space to park cars on the streets because of how narrow the lawns are have their own annoying facet as well.
It's crazy to think some houses from 5 years ago are selling for $100-200K more. At 5% ish interest rate extra for 20 years, not only are they paying more to acquire, but it'll probably cost these people a few hundred K extra in interest over the life of the mortgage. I got lucky even though I was house poor for a while. But a few friends of mine are basically making do because the actual communities they want to live in, they're priced out.