All Hollowed Out: The lonely poverty of America’s white working class

Re:All Hollowed Out: The lonely poverty of America’s white w... by flubert on Tuesday January 19, 2016 @12:54PM (#10932418)

How about $62/month for the mortgage on this 973 sq. ft. home:

http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/103-Baker-St-Cooperstown-N...

...looks pretty nice, with a good sized yard.

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Re:All Hollowed Out: The lonely poverty of America’s white w... by winter_blue on Tuesday January 19, 2016 @01:54PM (#10932948)

Wow! It's crazy how cheap that house is.

I'm simply at a loss for words...

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Re:All Hollowed Out: The lonely poverty of America’s white w... by flubert on Tuesday January 19, 2016 @02:22PM (#10933193)

If that mortgage is too much for you, here is a house for one tenth that ($6/month):

http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/12169-Findlay-St-Detroit-M...

...1029 sq. ft. for $1700. But if you are looking for real rock bottom prices, it is hard to beat $500:

http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/14421-Wilfred-St-Detroit-M...

...There are photos of the interior, and it looks like it is in a good neighborhood on Google Street View:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/14421+Wilfred+St,+Detroit,...

Call me impressed. I wonder what the closing costs are on a property like that.

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Re:All Hollowed Out: The lonely poverty of America’s white w... by FireBeyond on Tuesday January 19, 2016 @08:19PM (#10935395)

I can guarantee you that any house for sale in Detroit with only an external picture is destroyed inside, by arson, foreclosure, vagrants, or any combination of the above, and you're going to be paying $100K+ to make it livable.

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Re:All Hollowed Out: The lonely poverty of America’s white w... by brightball on Tuesday January 19, 2016 @01:35PM (#10932779)

Too cold for my tastes, but same idea. :-)

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