tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2069358376031242104.post8293475166547432750..comments2023-10-24T04:59:31.155-04:00Comments on Detroit Automotive Meltdown: I am tired of being the only smart personfmcgmccllchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00184250774341700041noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2069358376031242104.post-33749473485727559142011-07-01T04:26:22.415-04:002011-07-01T04:26:22.415-04:00Yeah, the real estate issues were so long ignored,...Yeah, the real estate issues were so long ignored, I knew people with 2 and 3 houses making huge payments with ARM's and they just did not get it.fmcgmccllchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00184250774341700041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2069358376031242104.post-8609195434330497412011-06-30T18:59:25.186-04:002011-06-30T18:59:25.186-04:00Believe me, I know about walking 2 1/2 hours to wo...Believe me, I know about walking 2 1/2 hours to work each way, uphill both times, wearing nothing but a suit, holey shoes, with the Newark Star-Ledger for an umbrella. Okay. Not that bad.<br /><br />But in my times of meager budgets (such as right now), I have been a pet sitter, rented a room in my house (one an absolute delight, one tried to walk off with everything that wasn't nailed down, and the third one wanted me to be her ayah), lived on beans, went for a year without buying new clothes, ate nothing that didn't come from my house, etc., etc. And it pisses me off to see people throwing money away.<br /><br />A commonly-minded frugal friend of mine and I tried to sit down with a guy caught up in some crazy flipping real estate thing in the 80s and tell him it was all a house of cards, but did he listen? No.<br /><br />Sigh.Becshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03057614535554183360noreply@blogger.com