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   From: esp@snet.n   
      
   On 9/12/2024 12:45 AM, Governor Swill wrote:   
   > On Wed, 11 Sep 2024 22:41:56 -0400, Ed P  wrote:   
   >   
   >> I was 20 years old and bought my first house in 1966.  I had a decent   
   >> job, bought a house , had a used car, got married.  If you use the CPI   
   >> inflation calculator the wage I made in 1966 would be 10X that in 2024,   
   >> assuming the same job.  I checked with Zillow and that house today would   
   >> sell for 18.5X what I paid back them.   
   >   
   > Not the same house.  Did that house have central a/c?  Off street parking?  A   
   > garage?  "Bonus" room?  What kind of kitchen and appliances?  How many   
   > bathrooms?   
      
   Yes, it is the same house.  I made improvements in it during the time we   
   lived there.  New owner may have done some to, they have been in it   
   since 1981.   
      
   That is my point.  Wages have gone up with inflation, housing exceeded   
   it quite a bit.  Have you ever used the Zillow website?  You can look up   
   any address and get an approximate value and I did that for my old house.   
   >   
      
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