I hear you. For me, it's about 60/40 like/dislike. I feel like maybe a condo would have better suited me, I'm just so tired of things that need to be fixed. Some people are good at living with things that are not quite right, I am not one of those people. Everywhere I look, I see something that could be better, and it stresses me out.

I spent over a hundred thousand fixing this place when I bought it, and I still spend an amount equal to about half my mortgage every year just on upkeep or maintenance.

Not to mention the hundreds of hours I put in a year doing maintenance myself.

It's definitely a lifestyle choice, and it's not for everyone.

Honestly, there are many days I regret buying a house. There is always something new that needs to be fixed.

If you want/need a house now then buy one now. Trying to time the market is kind of a fools game. Some people get it right, but most people get it wrong.

Buying a house is a lifestyle choice, like a car, or a watch, if it's the lifestyle you want and you can afford it then you should do it.

Yea I have had thus conversation more than once with my MIL. "They should ban assault weapons. " "ok, what does that mean?" "You know, the assault ones."

I don't own any guns so I don't have any skin in the game, but it's tough to have a productive discussion when one person has no idea what they even want.

I'm in.

Yes, please. I don't care if we go forward or back but let's just pick something and stick with it.

Yea, I have been googling on the phone and switching between screens got me, I shouldn't try and look at numbers until I have a dedicated screen. Sorry for making things more confusing.

I think I somewhat answered my own question below. But if the population isn't really growing, we wouldn't have to increase supply. There are less than 50k new people living in RI since 2000. at a household rate of 2.6 people per household according to the census, we would have needed about 20k new houses over 20 years to hold every one of those new households.

Turns out RI lost housing over 20 years. So I guess that's the answer, but the new question is why?

Edi: I might have gotten bad data on units, which leads me back to why an increase in population of less than 5% leads to a cost increase of 50%.

Leading me down the rabbit hole, thanks!

I found that the number of households has gone from 408,424 in 2020 to 414,730 now. So an increase of less than 1%. Since population has increased 4% there is actually a smaller percentage of households to population now.

What I did find that was interesting in census data is that apparently in 2000 there were 447,810 housing units in Rhode Island. As of January there are 426,769.

So I think I have some of my answer. There is actually less housing now by over 20k units. I guess the following question is why or how did that happen?

Maybe this has been asked before, but what is the long term cause of this? I'm no expert in economics, but maybe someone here is?

Looking at census data, the population of RI has only increased 4.3% since 2000. The price for a home has gone from $133k to $428k. I couldn't find rent data older than 2006 but it was $808 then. It's $1199 for a 1 bedroom now according to https://www.rentdata.org/states/rhode-island/2023

If the population isn't increasing much, and salaries aren't increasing much, where is the money coming from? Air b&b? Are there a ton of empty rentals?

What is driving this market?

No argument with that. It's just a common misconception that I try and let people know about when I see it.

"Protect and serve " is the motto of the Los Angeles police department. A lot of people think it's THE police motto because it's in a ton of movies and TV shows. Most towns either don't have a motto, or have a different one. Fall River's motto is "we'll try".

I have also been pulled over for that. It was literally a "Barry Nissan " frame. That was like 25 years ago for me.

Thanks for the resource, although some of the places look iffy. Seabra supermarket? I'm not sure that's one of my top picks.

I would also be interested to know. I've never really thought too much about it but whatever they use is damn good.

They are very nice people, both have degrees, but have a weird relationship with money. They both grew up poor, so they feel like the best plan for money is to spend it fast before it runs out. It sounds crazy because it is, but people don't always really "get" the concept of saving money.

She says "I have a live for now attitude I guess ". That's kind of how you get to 66 and have no savings.

I know way too many people with no plan for retirement, but they drive new cars, take expensive vacations, and just don't worry about the future. Living like that would stress me out.

I actually have a friend who got laid off and got a severance. They decided the best thing to do with that money is to take the kids on a trip to Japan because "they would probably never see that much money again".

They take my insurance, Delta Dental.

Symmetry dental in Swansea specializes in TMJ. the doctor actually is a researcher into TMJ and bite alignment.

Wrong guy. This incident happened yesterday.

Is there a different article? This one says 11 people and he stayed at the scene.

It doesn't say when he was arrested, I'm guessing he was arrested at the scene. Charges are filed by a district attorney, arraignment is done by a judge. It's not at all uncommon for those people to only work weekdays.

What do you mean?

Let's not get crazy here. First we would have to commission a study. Then put out a bid. Then debate it at a town council meeting. Then request a special tax to be voted on. Then find somebody's brother in law that owns a company.

Do you even Rhode Island?

I'm not sure how I feel about the cameras. I'm mostly on the side of dislike, but I think that has more to do with the implementation, not that cameras should be forbidden. I think there is potential to do it the right way, but I don't really have enough information to make a well informed decision. I definitely don't want fines used as revenue for cities and towns.