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> it wasn’t until I was 30 that my wife and I had enough for a downpayment for a house.

Not sure if that's meant to evoke sympathy, but to me that sounds extremely entitled. I'd be grateful if I had a house at 30.

Is it common for people around you to feel they deserve to own a house?

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Entitled to a house? No - I grew up poor, man. My single mom of 4 made less than $8,000 many years (Bet you didn’t know that, as recent as 25 years ago, some Americans still didn’t have bathrooms and full electricity). No, in my family, it was unusual to own a real house (as opposed to a mobile house). I had no entitlement.

But, I also grew up in a place where real houses cost $25-40k. So, I’m a way, yes, I had some expectation that if I got a STEM degree, I’d be able to afford a house. But, a $300k house? No - where I grew up, that wasn’t even a thing.

Thanks for sharing!

there is a point when you realize rent is just a treadmill that keeps going faster.

I live in a high rent area much like yourself and I don't necessarily agree. It's pretty affordable for couples like my wife and I- and we aren't running the risk of having to sell our house at a major loss if and when the housing market falls out due to whatever reasons.

We're saving for a house while pretty aggressively paying off our student loans... but the flexibility of renting has been great.

The issue that I have, is cost of living has been going up higher than wages

It has...I can totally agree with that my friend. I think it is slowly getting better, however.

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