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> People with houses today will be the aristocracy in a few decades

Not really. Peasants were mostly owning their houses, that did't make them aristocracy.

I genuinely do not see how owning a 1970s-built bungalow translates me into the aristocracy in a few decades.

Because you own land. It will make more money than most people make through employment. This is true in many parts of Canada over the last decade and the trend will probably spread

> Because you own land. It will make more money than most people make through employment.

I genuinely don't follow. Yes, the bungalow sits on land ( enough for BBQ for 5-6 people ) and I sit inside the bungalow. Neither of the them make me any money. I can't sold them and live in the stratosphere. I either have to buy something else or rent.

You’re just not living in a HCOL area yet. Eventually we all will. After that it will make sense

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