Housing Bubble 2: Return of the Ugly

295 readers

1 users here now

A community for discussing and documenting the second great housing bubble.

founded 6 months ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

Baby boomers aren't downsizing, and it's straining the housing market (www.kjzz.org)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

27 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And the people that worked in jurisdiction that allowed that in the first place...

You know, boomers.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

See, true, but here's the thing. $50 trillion has moved from the bottom 90% to the top 1% over the past few decades. We can bitch about vs , and when it's a very small group of vampires fucking the rest of us. Boomers are around 20% of the population. Blaming boomers in general just doesn't seem honest, as most of them aren't in that 1%. I feel like we should be focusing on the system.

Then again, fucking Boomers worshiped at the senile altar of Reagan, invented Disco, and in general happily sold out their ideals for the '80s. Fuck boomers.

What I really wish we had is better voters. But, as the old saying goes,"Wish in one hand, shit in the other..."