re: #153 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

For my part, I’d rather have the time off than a pool in the backyard, but Americans seem more than willing to work their asses off for assets than end up costing them a lot of money over decades. Slaves to the job, the house, the cars, the pool.

re: #150 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

If anything, it has gotten worse.

On the other hand, most Europeans cannot afford the luxury of having a house with a pool in the backyard, and most of Europe is too crowded to have accessible recreation areas for a weekend getaway: they need time to travel.

Gawd, I really must have a European mindset. : )

Unfortunately, some outside the US are envious of the “stuff” they see promoted here (which most people I know could never afford) and want the same shit.

If I were on my own, I’d live in the smallest place I could find, as long as there was green all around. If my grandson ever gets into a relationship and leaves, if the 1 BR opens up here, the only one, I will opt for that. Right now, I can open up my door, walk a few steps and be in a woodland area with a brook.