Charles T Wilson

Genuinely though, why can’t seniors downsize. If they’re living in like a 3-4 bedroom house… why

Something for people who live in hot countries to remember before they go "LOL HAHA SILLY PEOPLE DIE WHEN TOO HOT, DONT THEY KNOW ITS HOTTER IN OTHER PLACES?"

Something for people who live in hot countries to remember before they go "LOL HAHA SILLY PEOPLE DIE WHEN TOO HOT, DONT THEY KNOW ITS HOTTER IN OTHER PLACES?"

I definitely remember. Dad had an average job, mom didn’t work, and we owned a 2K sq. ft. home. We ate out ~3-4x a week, took vacations, and bought luxury goods without stress. You act like we’re delusional when we simply remember what middle-class life looked like 25 years ago.

Shockingly it’s easier to buy groceries and prep your own food when you have things like YOUR OWN HOME which includes room for a panty and a kitchen with storage because you aren’t living in a 2 bedroom apartment with 3 roommates.

McDonalds cheeseburgers range from $2.40-$3.89 A home made burger is not only cheaper, but less processed.

Here's a map of Mars if, like Earth, it were covered by water on 71% of its surface.

More recently, in the first half of the twentieth century, as much as 20% of the urban population of big US cities lived in units—from cheap SROs to luxury hotels—without kitchens. They ate nearly all of their meals at cheap ¢5 lunch counters and cafeterias, including automats.

We all know someone like this…

The Great Depression was easier because society was more intact, cohesive, insular, and it was a hell of a lot safer in terms of children being able to be outside, gardening, doing work for their parents on small farms, etc. Today we have a very broken society. My grandmother told me about how strangers came by her father's farm and did work in exchange for a meal. Today nobody would let strangers on their property.

We all know someone like this…