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Climate Change Should Make You Rethink Homeownership (www.nytimes.com)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

also, cost. homeowner ship doesn't really make sense in a lot of situations anymore in the US If your mortgage costs significantly more than rent.

[–] SpaghettiYeti 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah but at this point, I don't know a single person or family paying higher mortgage costs than the average rent in an area, across multiple northern and southern states.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

True enough inside any sizable cities.

I'm factoring in traveling but didn't make that clear.

there are still a lot of rentals you can find outside of cities for 10 to 15 bucks a day with monthly specials, or there were a year ago when I was driving across the country last year.

If living 45 minutes outside of the city proper, you can get pretty good rental rates.

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