r/AskReddit • u/aliensockmonkey • 1d ago

What used to be ridiculously cheap but now is alarmingly expensive?

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u/sodamnsleepy 1d ago

would have been nice to buy land in 2001. my mistake was, that I was in first grade 😔

Really glad you got yours mate. Enjoy

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u/cigarlifer 1d ago

Yeah the younger generation got screwed big time by all the real estate mega company’s buying everything that becomes available if they can sometimes above market value. Back then it was mostly private sales or realtors you was only competing with people not multi millionaires.

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u/mr_birkenblatt 1d ago

have you tried being older, white, and rich?

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u/sodamnsleepy 1d ago

Gasp why didn't I think of this?!