Comments on: Is Renting The New American Dream?

CBS Evening News: Number Of Homeowners Declining Sharply While Renters Soar

[tincup356]

funny how people can throw blame any other direction and it seems these great leaders on both sides of the isle cannot tell the truth about anything, yet the people who support them continue to throw rabid support to career politicians whom are solely responsible for all our problems.Instead of sending these same failures back to not represent us again, we need to eliminate all the old faces in Washington.Right now how on earth can anyone be so proud of what our congress has done to our country and how they have not represented the citizens, and still support these same people? It would have to relate to shame to even think about supporting the same criminals again.Yes criminal, they have stolen, taken bribes, murdered, and ruined the lives of many people for personal gain and greed.And you supporters of both parties will mindlessly go to the polls and pull the straight party ticket and think once again,you will get better results out of them next time...NOT.

[tincup356]

anyone who is so shallow as to say if you aren''t educated enough to have perfect grammar , you are not equal as a voter or human being? How does that relate to a persons ability or right to express their opinion?

[runningralph]

Individual home ownership has become less attractive lately. Property taxes, insurance, upkeep,commuting, utility bills, etc combine to make it expensive. The recent decline in property values has not been reflected in lower property taxes. All the others have gone up. Apartments and public transportation are more efficient and less expensive. Cities should be built like New York. Suburbs and sprawl are innefficient and expensive. I still live outside of a larger city and drive six miles to a supermarket as I have for fifty years, but in the last decade I have become more nostalgic for the city life I grew up in.

[verderosso]

The issue should be affordable housing for all and regarding housing, healthcare, transportation, education as top priorities for a nation which claims to be a government of the people, for the people, by the people. These are necessities that should NOT be treated as "commodities" on the market. "The socialist are coming!" you may shout but you should be so lucky to have a government which lives up to its claims.

[barbaraf4]

Posted by loudpipes3:

If you want to be taken as a serious contributor, then you need to enroll in a remedial English Composition course.

[hsinco-2009]

I''ve also heard of renters getting evicted when the OWNERS get foreclosed upon.

One can get screwed either way!

[rob416]

People may be renting out of neccesity and of course there are those that prefer renting over buying. Making renting look like the new American dream does not take many of the negatives into account. If an apartment building is not built with steel and concrete, noise can be an issue depending on the neighbors one has.

Sure the maintenace is usually the responsibility of the landlord, but how fast and how well it gets done depends on the landlord and maintenace staff. There is less control on what gets done by who, how and when.

For many renting is preferable and their is nothing wrong with it. Its an indivdual choice depending on ones situation.

[slim1h2o]

Occimoron -- stupid white man!


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Posted by Nancy_Naive at 09:05 AM : Oct 19, 2008

Stupid girl, Your Bailiwick is not in words,

You mean occimiano,,,Look it up....

[hotwitch]

We rented once, we had to worry about the pex pipes leaking all the time. Ever call the maintainence man and try to get him on a weekend? We had to worry about the bug spraying every other month. We had to worry about the neighbors with their loud music.

Saying renting is hot is like trying to make a virtue of a necessity. If you''re in a position to buy real estate now you''re stupider than stupid if you don''t take advantage of it. Rents are only on the way up. Renting a "nice" apartment is expensive. I''d rather own an entry level home than rent.

[tiredofitnow]

And again, the poor will lose. Just what we need, more competition on places to rent. Now rents are gonna go through the roof because they can afford to pay more and the only place left for us will be housing projects. I''d rather be homeless! The same thing happened in the 80''s with the huge influx of snowbirds in Florida. I hope they all get good landlords, cause some don''t care whether or not things need to be fixed. If it''s within the law of them not fixing it, they won''t. Been there, done that and unfortunately, still happening.

[slim1h2o]

The real American Dream will be not to live in anything but a cardboard box.

[slim1h2o]

No "oxy" to it... Well, maybe "occ-i-moron".


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Posted by Nancy_Naive at 08:29 AM : Oct 19, 2008


I think you mean this;

Occ-i-put Medical- Physiology ?

[slim1h2o]

Hacker11001 at 08:15 AM : Oct 19, 2008

Legalize, and regulate. Like all Big Pharma drugs.

How hard is that to understand?


Hey Hacker, you''d do well to stick to the story, as in renting?

But I forget, you have reading comprehension problems, don''t you?

[ttkkdd]

McShame is up to his old deceiving tricks again. First, he lied to us by saying on Sept. 15, 2008, "The fundamentals of our economy are strong."
Now, he says that Obama will redistribute the wealth. You can''t fool me McShame. You want to give more of my money to Exxon and Haliburton. I call THAT wealth redistribution. And an unfair one at that!

[upto1947]

8888
RICH

[ttkkdd]

With wealth redistribution during past 8 years, renting, instead of owning is becoming the American dream. Under Bush, wealth has been redistributed from our pockets to Exxon and Haliburton.

[wl7bzh]

Ok, maybe it''s just me and I''m being cantankerous again, but this rent thingie has the look, feel, and smell of the next get rich scheme.

Little advice? Whatever the scheme is, get involved at the beginning and try to get out at the peak before it crashes.

[slim1h2o]

I''''s rather have a Mexican who puts pride in his work build my houses than lazy a$$ American workers

posted by stevenga777;


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The above statement is an oxy-moron if I ever heard of one.

[wntrpls]

WAKE UP!!!! HOW DID AN UNKNOWN LIKE OBAMA raise 150 million in one month , yet telling us people are having a hard time paying their mortgages. CAN YOU SAY MIDDLE EAST DONATIONS.

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=78309

[skeezix06]

I see we''re starting a new/old line dance. One we''ve seen before many times.

First we''re told that buying your own home is the only reasonable way to live. Then we''re told that renting your home is the only reasonable way to live.