A friend of mine moved who used to live right by me, moved away a few years ago to a “better” neighborhood about half an hour away. All of the houses there cost about five times what his previous house cost. I never asked how he afforded it, but I guess he’s getting by.
One curious thing that I didn’t realize until I visited his new home is that some areas (like his) will not let you put an above ground swimming pool on your property. If you want to own a pool in his neighborhood, it must be an in the ground model. So, he finally decided that he would like to have a swimming pool and he will now go through the process of financing a swimming pool
for tens of thousands of dollars. He gets to go through all of the loan applications and dealing with contractors that is usually reserved for people building a new house. Sounds like fun.
I wouldn’t mind having an in-ground pool, but I’m very sure that my above ground model gets people every bit as wet and cools them off just as much. I guess it must be a way of keeping out the wrong element. Paying more to be told what you can do with your property. It just doesn’t make sense to me.
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