Topix Underground

I have been saying for years that their should be a drive to build small houses that are as affordable and easily obtainable as possible instead of building groves of these over-sized, over-priced McMansions on under-sized, treeless lots that cost eight hundred grand a copy. We don't need socialism. We just need to be able to reasonably afford housing, cars, groceries and med.

My old house was a 1000 sf bungalow and the old guy that lived next door told me they were built for the soldiers that returned from WWII. It was awesome. Two bedrooms, one bath and one in the basement.  There was like a weird bungalow room upstairs with slanted ceilings. I think the lot was 50 feet wide and 75 feet deep. Detached garage, deck. I made it nice. It was 40 g's - $215 a month. - that's 116,000 and $621 a month in today's dollars - and THAT is the way it should be for starter homes now.

I bought a bungalow like that when I got out of the army. It was cheaper than renting an apartment. he garage had a mechanics pit in it. It was cool. The one of only three times I used the VA. There was one hard time over the winter one year when I couldn't afford heating oil for a month or so.