In my parents' generation it would not be absurd to buy a small house here to raise the kids in, with a single parent working and the other caring for the kids, even if you don't have a well-paying job. A decent job will do.
Compare to now, double income, no kids, both earning above average wages. Buying a house before you are 50, or at all? Forget it.
Just that those people who inherited the house now basically have enough to buy 2 houses out somewhere on the countryside if they decide to move.
In my parents' generation it would not be absurd to buy a small house here to raise the kids in, with a single parent working and the other caring for the kids, even if you don't have a well-paying job. A decent job will do.
Compare to now, double income, no kids, both earning above average wages. Buying a house before you are 50, or at all? Forget it.
Just that those people who inherited the house now basically have enough to buy 2 houses out somewhere on the countryside if they decide to move.