I guess the thing I find troubling is the fact that all these (mostly newer) homes are based on what people can afford, rather than on what they actually want/need. We're hoping to find about a 1000-1200sf

Well, perhaps not train robberies anymore... but cybertheft is definitely turning out to be an option some choose!

Well, let's all hope it tips in a direction we all like... or at least can live with...

A lot of pretty wealthy people are generally very thrifty... one of the reasons why they got to have a lot of money... smart spending.

Hi @cuddlekitten, thanks for coming to visit!

Indeed! As well as my insurance bills, which are based on the (ostensible) value of my house...

Here in the US, the "solution" to having more money is generally simple: work more hours or have a second *(or third!) job. However, there comes a point at which that logic fails...

That's the sad part... the jobs that are out there often don't pay a living wage.

Thank you for the kind words!

All I can say is that if I go to work and they hand me 100 USD for the day's effort and I go to the supermarket and get half as many groceries as last year for the money, that is a very real and tangible

That is a lot of tax! At least our sales tax (equivalent of VAT) is usually no more than 9.5%.

Seems to be a similar situation everywhere... my relatives back in Denmark are saying the same.

The pandemic was like a really severe "trigger" for a situation that was already not looking very good. What we've seen here in the US in the last year or so is making many people feel quite

Some of it is certainly by design, specifically the part where "they" say inflation is about 10%, but the reality when you get ready to pay for something at a shop is that the price is up by

We live in interesting times during which we increasingly see clashes between people's greed and the desire to "blame others" every time something doesn't go well. Clearly, trading in crypto

Interesting dream theme; interesting that it has been so extensively recurring. I'm no expert, but I do dream a lot and have been keeping a dream journal for over 30 years... started as a homework exercise

Beautiful photos! Yes, the heat in Spain in the summer can feel quite exhausting - I lived there as a teenager, and it was long before anyplace had air conditioning. Stay cool!

Well... I've got more than 20 years on you, and there was a time in my life when I spent the gross national product of a small nation on retreats and workshops and books, all in service of finding

With stamps, that would not fly, to be sure... Maybe crypto should never have called itself "currencies" and it might have bypassed the whole financial legal scrutiny!

I remember "colony gardens" from growing up in Copenhagen in Denmark. It was a great way for people living in apartments to get outside. Most had very elaborate shed/tiny house structures, and