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December 17, 2008
Owners and Renters Both Suckers, Says The Onion
From The Onion...
Housing Crisis Vindicates Guy Who Still Lives With Parents
OKLAHOMA CITY—In a year that saw a record number of mortgage defaults and home foreclosures, part-time landscaper Ben Foster, 34, was publicly vindicated in his bold decision, made back in the spring of 1996, to continue living with his parents. "It's like I've been telling my buddies for eight to 12 years now: 'Why get in over your head before you're ready?'" Foster said in praise of the no-risk, meals-included housing agreement he has maintained on and off since birth. "Sometimes it just makes more sense to be fiscally conservative, especially if you can move into the basement and set things up just how you like them." Leading financial analysts said Foster will likely remain secure in his current situation until skyrocketing medical costs force his aging parents to sell the house.
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Mr. B...please introduce the emoticons so I can post the "Loser" one
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at December 17, 2008 1:28 PM
actually the Onion sucks. (they work in my building). imagine the biggest dorks from every high school across america all decided to work in the same office.. and they are SO not even funny
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at December 17, 2008 1:28 PM
okay i just read that. it's totally ironic cuz they all DO look like the type that still live with their parents.
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at December 17, 2008 1:30 PM
L-) but the yellow faced one with the moving hand is just way better!!!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at December 17, 2008 1:39 PM
My mother charged me rent during AND after college so it made no sense to stay. Might as well have enjoyed a bacheolor pad for damn near the same cost. This article implies an assumption that most people have the option of staying with parents for free. Is that so?
***Bid half off peak comps***
Posted by: Brownstones Half Off at December 17, 2008 1:55 PM
Ron - gotta disagree. There is usually one funny headline in the Onion each week. It brightens my wednesday mornings thats for sure.
Posted by: dittoburg at December 17, 2008 2:02 PM
But why does Ben's room always smell like chlorine?
Posted by: altervoce at December 17, 2008 2:03 PM
Folks who still live with their parents are certainly a group who could use a little positive reinforcemnt. So let them have this one.
Posted by: sam at December 17, 2008 2:04 PM
Half the things in the Onion I snore at...boring!
But, I'd love to move back in with my mother. I hate being an adult!
Posted by: bayridgegirl at December 17, 2008 2:04 PM
BRG..."I hate being an adult!"
You've made a big leap in thinking that you are.
:)
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at December 17, 2008 2:07 PM
My father did not charge me rent when I moved back in with him for 6 months in my late 20s. And when I left my Ex in my late 30s he told me I was welcome to move back in with him. It was very touching. I didn't, but I loved that he said I could.
Posted by: cobblehiller at December 17, 2008 2:13 PM
Nice, sam.
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Posted by: Brownstones Half Off at December 17, 2008 2:20 PM
When I had to move back in with my parents due to health issues for about a year, I paid them rent even though they didn't ask for it. I knew they needed the cash, and it really was the least I could do considering the imposition.
Posted by: cwbuecheler at December 17, 2008 2:26 PM
"BRG..."I hate being an adult!"
"DIBS...."You've made a big leap in thinking that you are."
You'd make a big leap if you stopped posting childish comments.
:)
"There is usually one funny headline in the Onion each week."
Yep, usually only about ONE!
Posted by: bayridgegirl at December 17, 2008 2:38 PM
ill be honest. i scrubbed off my grandparents for 9 months after college. i was being so lazy about finding a job and i think i was depressed at the time because of living at home. then i OD'd (sorta) and bugged out and wound up in the hospital and the day i came back i really got my stuff together. found my current job, an apartment in nyc, and a boyfriend. all within a matter of a month or so. sometimes life seriously has to knock you down before it lets you have the good stuff.
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at December 17, 2008 2:38 PM
Anyone else think this might be the real story behind The What?
Posted by: heck_of_a_job_brownie at December 17, 2008 2:55 PM
Not a lot of difference in living with your parents versus having to have 3 other families live in your house with you while you squeeze you, your spouse, and kids all onto one floor just to make the mortgage. -while you try to rationalize it by saying you really don't need that much room. I'm just sayin.
Posted by: williamsburgguy at December 17, 2008 2:59 PM
The What was a feral child. No parents.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at December 17, 2008 3:02 PM
"My mother charged me rent during AND after college"
Man BHO, your mom was cold. Could this perhaps explain your somewhat bloodless outlook on life?
Posted by: wasder at December 17, 2008 3:21 PM
Funny. Often in the Owner vs Renter debate, owners will raise the argument that a benefit of ownership is that their kids, when launching their careers or returning home from college on summer break, can move in and have a place to live. So ... it's ok for those people?
A buddy of mine is moving back with his folks (with his wife and daughter) because he can't find work and they can't live on her teacher's salary (and she is a full-time teacher with a Masters).
Tough times out there.
Posted by: I_haz_TWO_toilets at December 17, 2008 3:43 PM
"Owning your own home and working for a living are both overrated. I want my mommy."
Bernard Madoff
Posted by: Legion at December 17, 2008 5:28 PM
What do you mean by bloodless, wasder?
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Posted by: Brownstones Half Off at December 17, 2008 5:59 PM
Bloodless, as in you don't seem to have a heart.
Posted by: wasder at December 17, 2008 6:07 PM
That sounds too harsh. Bloodless meaning I haven't seen your human side. Your focus is so strong on housing prices that I feel that is your sole interest in life.
Posted by: wasder at December 17, 2008 6:10 PM
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