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Overheard a couple at the hardware store talking about their 1998 mortgage rate
They were in the paint aisle, and the guy said his first house in Akron had a rate of 6.8 percent. His wife just laughed and said that sounded like a dream now. It made me realize we're all just comparing our own version of 'tough' to someone else's. Anyone else get these little reality checks while you're out looking at paint chips?
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graywright13d ago
Hear that and just want to hand them a calculator and a time machine. My first apartment's big win was that the radiator only screamed like a banshee sometimes. Now we're all out here feeling lucky if our interest rate is merely "painful" and not "criminal". It's like we're in some weird contest where the prize is a slightly less heavy rock to carry up the hill.
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emeryp2313d ago
The rock just gets a new coat of paint every few years. We're all still carrying the same weight, they just call it something nicer now. The game never really changes.
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