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Re:Kansas City is first major city in U.S. to offer no-cost ... by shadowgovt on Monday December 16, 2019 @10:23PM (#21810225)
Approximately 65% of Americans own their home.
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Re:Kansas City is first major city in U.S. to offer no-cost ... by weberc2 on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @08:37AM (#21813273)
I’m not sure what point you’re making, if any. Care to elaborate?
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Re:Kansas City is first major city in U.S. to offer no-cost ... by shadowgovt on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @11:58AM (#21815549)
If the up-thread reference to American real-estate investment implied Americans use real-estate ownership as a retirement nest-egg, the numbers do not bear out that hypothesis---or at least, do not show it's a solution much of America avails itself of.

... and that's ignoring that shocks like the mortgage crisis can happen, which indicates that home ownership isn't as stable a store of value as, say, the US dollar.

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