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  • Its the privledge of having been around before prices went crazy and being accustomed to smaller spaces. I know it seems crazy now, but a little over ten years ago you could buy a one bedroom condo (what we live in) for about ~$120k and at a low interest rate.

    EDIT: To be clear, this isn’t luck, good or bad. In the past ~15 years, homes have become unaffordable mainly because funds and investors are gobbling them up and turning them into rental (short or long term). Younger generations are getting fucked and no regulatory action has or will be taken by either party anyntime soon…if ever.


















  • Isn’t that what he’s referring to with this quote.

    “There is an element of, at some point, you age out. You’re not connected directly to the immediate struggles that folks are going through.”

    His entire point wasn’t that older candidates aren’t in on the latest tech trends. His point is that older candidates are out of touch with "the immediate struggles that folks are going through.”

    I grew up very poor, and that helps me be able to sympathize with the struggles of folk under the boot of a rigged system. I was also able to fight my way out of poverty and I have not had to live with those struggles for decades. Just because I can sympathize doesn’t mean that I truly understand. I’m out of touch. The same applies to old, establishment, politicians who are decades removed from the days they struggled to help their communities.