• VitoRobles@lemmy.today
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        2 days ago

        Haha this is where people go, “Oh you must live in like a expensive city” and like damn bro, every city is god damn expensive now!

        Even in cheap cities, burger is $12+, rent is +$1000 per person, and good luck saving for that cheap housing that will be bought by companies to hopefully make a profit out of you when you borrow a 50-year loan.

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        2 days ago

        I mean that house is cheap compared to the ones near me but I wouldn’t be able to afford the air fare to visit it regularly

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            I highly doubt the majority of the people buying are making it their primary residence but it would nice if I’m wrong.

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              It doesn’t really matter what everyone else is doing if we’re talking about our own individual situations though it would be a good idea to check the local job market before comitting.

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        The prices elsewhere is irrelevant. If there is 1 thing that is not movable it’s precisely a house. One doesn’t buy a building but rather a location. The price of real estate is about the infrastructure available.

        Anyway, even if it wasn’t about location, location, location (the 1 rule in real estate) here the point is about citizenship, not actual houses. FWIW St Lucia is a beautiful place but… step out of a luxury hotel and see what happens. GDP per capita is low ($15K) and Gini coefficient is high.