return2ozma@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 6 months agoA millennial couple who make $250,000 say they can't find a home in their budget: 'We refuse to become house-poor'www.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkA millennial couple who make $250,000 say they can't find a home in their budget: 'We refuse to become house-poor'www.businessinsider.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square14fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaregoddard@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoWasteful yard space? Do you enjoy playing Frisbee buddy? How about just running around with your kids.
minus-squareilinamorato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoIn a lot of neighborhoods in the US, you have to cross major, high-traffic streets to get to a fairly small public park.
minus-squareNosavingthrow@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoDo you suppose a yard is an option in those same areas?
minus-squareilinamorato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-26 months agoYes. I live in one such area, in a city of many of them.
minus-squareNosavingthrow@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoSo it’s in a major city that also has heavy traffic, but also enough space for houses with spacious yards?
minus-squareilinamorato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoThat’s why it has traffic, because it was built for low density.
minus-squareNosavingthrow@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoSo the suburbs. Not a major city at all.
minus-squareCompassRed@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·edit-26 months agoWhat do you mean? Almost every major city has suburbs (at least in my country). I live in one of the top ten most populous cities in the US and I live in the suburbs.
Wasteful yard space? Do you enjoy playing Frisbee buddy? How about just running around with your kids.
What is a public park?
In a lot of neighborhoods in the US, you have to cross major, high-traffic streets to get to a fairly small public park.
Do you suppose a yard is an option in those same areas?
Yes. I live in one such area, in a city of many of them.
So it’s in a major city that also has heavy traffic, but also enough space for houses with spacious yards?
That’s why it has traffic, because it was built for low density.
So the suburbs. Not a major city at all.
What do you mean? Almost every major city has suburbs (at least in my country). I live in one of the top ten most populous cities in the US and I live in the suburbs.