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[–] [email protected] 7 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

At the height of being poor in like '83 or so (mortgage rates to 17%; just ponder that)

FWIW A mortgage payment at 17% interest on the $20,000 my parents paid for my childhood three bedder in 1980 was cheaper than a single mortgage payment i make today.