Elite Actor Spends Public Money on his Bloated Mansion

[svelte]

[quote=macromaniac]Just a basic question? How many people plan on living in their homes for 25 years? Can I see a show of hands anyone?
[/quote]

(svelte raises his hand)

We stayed in our last house 15 years, just as we had planned.

We plan on staying in our current house until they put tags on our toes.

If the neighborhood deteriorates a very large amount that could alter plans, but I’m not real worried about that happening. I’ll be deaf and blind by then.

[UCGal]

[quote=macromaniac]Just a basic question? How many people plan on living in their homes for 25 years? Can I see a show of hands anyone?
[/quote]

UCGal raises her hand, also. And my parents (whom I purchased from) lived here for 35 years. Maybe, someday, I’ll downsize and sell it to my kids and go live in the companion unit we built in the back.

Moving sucks… why do people change houses so much.
(And I’ve lived in 4 states, owned homes in 3… I’m not moving again.)

[UCGal]

[quote=macromaniac]Just a basic question? How many people plan on living in their homes for 25 years? Can I see a show of hands anyone?
[/quote]

UCGal raises her hand, also. And my parents (whom I purchased from) lived here for 35 years. Maybe, someday, I’ll downsize and sell it to my kids and go live in the companion unit we built in the back.

Moving sucks… why do people change houses so much.
(And I’ve lived in 4 states, owned homes in 3… I’m not moving again.)

[UCGal]

[quote=macromaniac]Just a basic question? How many people plan on living in their homes for 25 years? Can I see a show of hands anyone?
[/quote]

UCGal raises her hand, also. And my parents (whom I purchased from) lived here for 35 years. Maybe, someday, I’ll downsize and sell it to my kids and go live in the companion unit we built in the back.

Moving sucks… why do people change houses so much.
(And I’ve lived in 4 states, owned homes in 3… I’m not moving again.)

[UCGal]

[quote=macromaniac]Just a basic question? How many people plan on living in their homes for 25 years? Can I see a show of hands anyone?
[/quote]

UCGal raises her hand, also. And my parents (whom I purchased from) lived here for 35 years. Maybe, someday, I’ll downsize and sell it to my kids and go live in the companion unit we built in the back.

Moving sucks… why do people change houses so much.
(And I’ve lived in 4 states, owned homes in 3… I’m not moving again.)

[UCGal]

[quote=macromaniac]Just a basic question? How many people plan on living in their homes for 25 years? Can I see a show of hands anyone?
[/quote]

UCGal raises her hand, also. And my parents (whom I purchased from) lived here for 35 years. Maybe, someday, I’ll downsize and sell it to my kids and go live in the companion unit we built in the back.

Moving sucks… why do people change houses so much.
(And I’ve lived in 4 states, owned homes in 3… I’m not moving again.)

[afx114]

[quote=macromaniac]Just a basic question? How many people plan on living in their homes for 25 years? Can I see a show of hands anyone?[/quote]

(also raises hand — that is, when I finally pull the trigger).

Part of the problem is that houses (and everything else we buy) have become throwaway commodities, no different than the Starbucks cup sitting in the holder of your brand new car that you’re going to trade in in 2 years. Tired of your current house? No problem! Throw it away and buy a new one! When things are treated like trash, they become just that — worthless trash.

[afx114]

[quote=macromaniac]Just a basic question? How many people plan on living in their homes for 25 years? Can I see a show of hands anyone?[/quote]

(also raises hand — that is, when I finally pull the trigger).

Part of the problem is that houses (and everything else we buy) have become throwaway commodities, no different than the Starbucks cup sitting in the holder of your brand new car that you’re going to trade in in 2 years. Tired of your current house? No problem! Throw it away and buy a new one! When things are treated like trash, they become just that — worthless trash.

[afx114]

[quote=macromaniac]Just a basic question? How many people plan on living in their homes for 25 years? Can I see a show of hands anyone?[/quote]

(also raises hand — that is, when I finally pull the trigger).

Part of the problem is that houses (and everything else we buy) have become throwaway commodities, no different than the Starbucks cup sitting in the holder of your brand new car that you’re going to trade in in 2 years. Tired of your current house? No problem! Throw it away and buy a new one! When things are treated like trash, they become just that — worthless trash.

[afx114]

[quote=macromaniac]Just a basic question? How many people plan on living in their homes for 25 years? Can I see a show of hands anyone?[/quote]

(also raises hand — that is, when I finally pull the trigger).

Part of the problem is that houses (and everything else we buy) have become throwaway commodities, no different than the Starbucks cup sitting in the holder of your brand new car that you’re going to trade in in 2 years. Tired of your current house? No problem! Throw it away and buy a new one! When things are treated like trash, they become just that — worthless trash.

[afx114]

[quote=macromaniac]Just a basic question? How many people plan on living in their homes for 25 years? Can I see a show of hands anyone?[/quote]

(also raises hand — that is, when I finally pull the trigger).

Part of the problem is that houses (and everything else we buy) have become throwaway commodities, no different than the Starbucks cup sitting in the holder of your brand new car that you’re going to trade in in 2 years. Tired of your current house? No problem! Throw it away and buy a new one! When things are treated like trash, they become just that — worthless trash.

[macromaniac]

afx,

It may be a problem but it is a reality and that is why I ask this question to people here regarding someone living in their home long enough to justify this type of expenditure even with the subsidy.

Folks, this is not your Father’s Olds. Better get used to being mobile because the job world is changing and that very rapidly. Sure, my parents and your parents probably worked at the same company or 3 at most for the duration of their lives. I am afraid to say that this is not the case anymore.

We are moving toward a mobile society with a lot of freelancers and consultants. Corporate Life has sucked the life and money and trust out of people and this will affect how we work for more than a few years moving forward especially if Globalism continues to spread wider and further….

There is no stability in a corporate job anymore no matter where you live and if I am still in this forum posting 25 years from now, I am sure most people will not be living in the same home.

Just my view…subject to being wrong.

[macromaniac]

afx,

It may be a problem but it is a reality and that is why I ask this question to people here regarding someone living in their home long enough to justify this type of expenditure even with the subsidy.

Folks, this is not your Father’s Olds. Better get used to being mobile because the job world is changing and that very rapidly. Sure, my parents and your parents probably worked at the same company or 3 at most for the duration of their lives. I am afraid to say that this is not the case anymore.

We are moving toward a mobile society with a lot of freelancers and consultants. Corporate Life has sucked the life and money and trust out of people and this will affect how we work for more than a few years moving forward especially if Globalism continues to spread wider and further….

There is no stability in a corporate job anymore no matter where you live and if I am still in this forum posting 25 years from now, I am sure most people will not be living in the same home.

Just my view…subject to being wrong.

[macromaniac]

afx,

It may be a problem but it is a reality and that is why I ask this question to people here regarding someone living in their home long enough to justify this type of expenditure even with the subsidy.

Folks, this is not your Father’s Olds. Better get used to being mobile because the job world is changing and that very rapidly. Sure, my parents and your parents probably worked at the same company or 3 at most for the duration of their lives. I am afraid to say that this is not the case anymore.

We are moving toward a mobile society with a lot of freelancers and consultants. Corporate Life has sucked the life and money and trust out of people and this will affect how we work for more than a few years moving forward especially if Globalism continues to spread wider and further….

There is no stability in a corporate job anymore no matter where you live and if I am still in this forum posting 25 years from now, I am sure most people will not be living in the same home.

Just my view…subject to being wrong.

[macromaniac]

afx,

It may be a problem but it is a reality and that is why I ask this question to people here regarding someone living in their home long enough to justify this type of expenditure even with the subsidy.

Folks, this is not your Father’s Olds. Better get used to being mobile because the job world is changing and that very rapidly. Sure, my parents and your parents probably worked at the same company or 3 at most for the duration of their lives. I am afraid to say that this is not the case anymore.

We are moving toward a mobile society with a lot of freelancers and consultants. Corporate Life has sucked the life and money and trust out of people and this will affect how we work for more than a few years moving forward especially if Globalism continues to spread wider and further….

There is no stability in a corporate job anymore no matter where you live and if I am still in this forum posting 25 years from now, I am sure most people will not be living in the same home.

Just my view…subject to being wrong.

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