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TheGoldStandard said:
The current "long-term" bubble in demand generated by millennials will slowly deflate, as baby boomers downsize their living space and age out of the housing market. Falling fertility rates mean post-millennial generations will be smaller. The birth rate has been below the death rate since 1974 IIRC.

Western states will be less impacted to an extent and a lot of people are moving to these places.

As an aside, this is one of the main reasons we keep raising the SS taxable wage amount and increasing retirement age. Not enough workers to replace the retiring boomers, and we are on the wrong end of the pyramid scheme.
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They are called baby boomers for a reason.
 
fishonjazz said:
It's funny because I see a lot of complaints about inflation and prices of things and gas prices but I see packed ski resorts, packed restaurants, packed airplanes, packed concerts. New car all over the road, people buying side by sides and boats. Friends in Florida and mexico on vacation all over my Facebook feed. Everyone has new phones and subscriptions to Hulu, Netflix, Disney plus, HBO max, Pandora, YouTube TV, Amazon prime, and Spotify all at the same time. (Of all of those things I only have amazon prime subscription)

Just doesn't add up. I'm thinking that if inflation and costs and gas are kicking everyone's butt then everyone should stop spending money on so many unnecessary things. Idk.


I do feel for those who are trying to buy their very first homes though. That would be rough

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fishonjazz said:
As to your first question. I dont know. Just know that I have more money after paying bills when I get paid now than I did ever before. I always mostly live paycheck to paycheck my entire life but right now I'm more comfortable than at any other point in my life.

As for the Honda Accord hybrid I know what they cost. I have done a ton of research on them. We are going with the EX-L trim. Stockton 12 Honda has 4 right now for 33,500. We just have to sell my wife's 2013 accord (should get about 13,000 for it) and then we will have 30,000 for a down payment and only need to borrow 5 or 6 thousand.

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If I were looking for a sedan I’d go for a hybrid Accord or Camry. They both get 40+ mpg and drive pretty awesome (much faster and smoother than any of the gas ones I’ve owned). With a growing family we’re looking at something larger in the next year or two. I’d love to get a Grand Highlander Hybrid once they work out some of the bugs of this grand new model. But those hybrid Accords and Camrys drive like a dream. I wouldn’t think twice about buying one right now. and deals most definitely can be had since so many people want suvs and trucks.

It’s also funny how so many people I know have trucks merely to drive to and from work. They rarely if ever haul or tow anything. It’s just funny how so many people I know could get along just fine with a small to medium sized sedan but prefer trucks that cost $80,000 dollars. “bUt InFlAtIoN!” Obviously, the economy is doing just fine. People just don’t want to be positive about Biden or the country. It’s much more fun to bitch.

lol
 
The Thriller said:
If I were looking for a sedan I’d go for a hybrid Accord or Camry. They both get 40+ mpg and drive pretty awesome (much faster and smoother than any of the gas ones I’ve owned). With a growing family we’re looking at something larger in the next year or two. I’d love to get a Grand Highlander Hybrid once they work out some of the bugs of this grand new model. But those hybrid Accords and Camrys drive like a dream. I wouldn’t think twice about buying one right now. and deals most definitely can be had since so many people want suvs and trucks.

It’s also funny how so many people I know have trucks merely to drive to and from work. They rarely if ever haul or tow anything. It’s just funny how so many people I know could get along just fine with a small to medium sized sedan but prefer trucks that cost $80,000 dollars. “bUt InFlAtIoN!” Obviously, the economy is doing just fine. People just don’t want to be positive about Biden or the country. It’s much more fun to bitch.

lol
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I like Toyotas better than Honda's but the accord interior>>>>>>>>>Camry interior

I agree about the trucks/4x4 thing. So many don't even use them how they are meant to be used. I have a co worker who bought a brand new Chevy Colorado in the highest trim with literally every option you could buy. It cost him an insane 63,000 Dollars. And it's awesome. But I asked him if he had taken it off road yet and he said he hadn't. After owning it for like 6 months. This truck can do just about anything off road and it just takes him to and from work and home.


I will be going camping this week. And probably next week as well. Gotta get the 4runner out in it's natural habitat at least monthly if not more often.

Just went fishing like 2 weeks ago.


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fishonjazz said:
I like Toyotas better than Honda's but the accord interior>>>>>>>>>Camry interior

I agree about the trucks/4x4 thing. So many don't even use them how they are meant to be used. I have a co worker who bought a brand new Chevy Colorado in the highest trim with literally every option you could buy. It cost him an insane 63,000 Dollars. And it's awesome. But I asked him if he had taken it off road yet and he said he hadn't. After owning it for like 6 months. This truck can do just about anything off road and it just takes him to and from work and home.


I will be going camping this week. And probably next week as well. Gotta get the 4runner out in it's natural habitat at least monthly if not more often.

Just went fishing like 2 weeks ago.


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I don't know how any civilized person could pick up groceries in anything less than a 4x4 F-150

/s

Many men unironically feel like if they don't own a truck they are not real men. So they buy a truck for $20,000 more than what they would spend on the car they actually need, then they pay for gas for that truck which costs them 50% more than it would for that car they actually needed, then they pay for an oil change that is twice as expensive as the car would have been, then when they need tires they pay 3 times as much as the tires for the car would cost and to top it all off they blame Biden for the price of gas, as if that's what's ****ing their life up and not their own idiotic fascination with owning a truck so that they can commute to work and back and occasionally do some grocery shopping.

I worked with one of these idiots and he said he hated downtown SLC because his oversized truck didn't fit in the parking spaces or in the parking garage. He wasn't driving into the city to pick up a fridge or anything, he was driving him and his lady into SLC for dinner, but it was SLC that sucked because his truck wouldn't fit and not him for trying to use an oversized truck to drive to dinner and back, when his lady owned a Volkswagen Golf turbo. But I guess the "man" has to drive and the "man" has to drive his penis compensator into the city.
 
Sardines said:
I don't know how any civilized person could pick up groceries in anything less than a 4x4 F-150

/s

Many men unironically feel like if they don't own a truck they are not real men. So they buy a truck for $20,000 more than what they would spend on the car they actually need, then they pay for gas for that truck which costs them 50% more than it would for that car they actually needed, then they pay for an oil change that is twice as expensive as the car would have been, then when they need tires they pay 3 times as much as the tires for the car would cost and to top it all off they blame Biden for the price of gas, as if that's what's ****ing their life up and not their own idiotic fascination with owning a truck so that they can commute to work and back and occasionally do some grocery shopping.

I worked with one of these idiots and he said he hated downtown SLC because his oversized truck didn't fit in the parking spaces or in the parking garage. He wasn't driving into the city to pick up a fridge or anything, he was driving him and his lady into SLC for dinner, but it was SLC that sucked because his truck wouldn't fit and not him for trying to use an oversized truck to drive to dinner and back, when his lady owned a Volkswagen Golf turbo. But I guess the "man" has to drive and the "man" has to drive his penis compensator into the city.
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This post is so wrong. So wrong. Where can you find a good truck that’s only $20,000 dollars more than a car?

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Seriously though, I can’t tell you how many people I know are driving $65,000+ trucks when a Civic, Corolla, Camry, Accord, Sonata, Altima, would’ve sufficed. Don’t want a car? Fine, get a RAV4 or CRV. Most of these vehicles can be had brand new for under $40,00. Used? $20,000-$30,000. And they all probably get double or triple (hybrids) the MPG that the trucks would.

And yeah, it’s totally SLC’s fault that his truck doesn’t fit downtown… lol. He should try driving in older big cities like Boston or New York with his truck if he thinks SLC is hard to drive in. It’s totally a cultural thing. I’d say most men don’t ever use their trucks for stuff that they’re meant for. Even the truck companies know this and have adjusted their beds. They’re now smaller than ever while the cabs are larger than ever because they know that drivers aren’t hauling stuff. They know that drivers are using their trucks like minivans, hauling kids to and from soccer mostly, but don’t want to be seen driving minivans.

On the flip side, there are people who bitch about the economy because that’s what their tribe has told them to do. Besides, it’s much more fun to bitch about the country than to say good things. I think I’ve told this story before, but I’d have a neighbor who flew his big old Trump 2020 flag well into 2022. Right before he took off for a week to Lake Powell, we got talking. He was bitching about Biden, the economy, and the price of gas. He later left and as I was finishing up my lawn, I waved as he and his family drove by. They were in a gigantic GMC truck and hauling their boat. His wife is very much into image, so she clearly had gotten her hair extensions and nails recently done. And all 3 kids sitting in the back of the cab had iPads.

So clearly the forgotten man. They’d be living the dream if it weren’t for inflation…
 
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fishonjazz said:
I like Toyotas better than Honda's but the accord interior>>>>>>>>>Camry interior

I agree about the trucks/4x4 thing. So many don't even use them how they are meant to be used. I have a co worker who bought a brand new Chevy Colorado in the highest trim with literally every option you could buy. It cost him an insane 63,000 Dollars. And it's awesome. But I asked him if he had taken it off road yet and he said he hadn't. After owning it for like 6 months. This truck can do just about anything off road and it just takes him to and from work and home.


I will be going camping this week. And probably next week as well. Gotta get the 4runner out in it's natural habitat at least monthly if not more often.

Just went fishing like 2 weeks ago.


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Your coworker easily could’ve gotten by with a Corolla or Civic. Do they have kids? Then they probably could’ve gotten an Accord or Camry. Want some decent trunk space and AWD? RAV4. Why a truck? It’s just silly.

I’m lame.

Personally I’ve only owned:

An accord that was a pos that I got right after my mission. It had well over 120,000 miles on it.

A lightly used v6 Camry that I drove throughout college and the first few years of my professional life. It eventually blew its head gasket.

A used Camry that had a little over 10,000 miles on it that I’m currently driving that currently has over 100,000. This lil guy has driven all over Utah. The Unitas, all over AF canyon, Bear Lake, Strawberry Lake, St George, etc.

I’d love to get a 4Runner to go on dirt roads that were either really taxing on my Camry or I didn’t dare to go on. They look awesome and whenever I’ve been in one, drive great. Right now it doesn’t make any sense, we really just need a better family hauler that’s also fuel efficient since it’ll be a commuter call as well. A RAV4 is okay, great gas mileage, but like something with more room. A regular Highlander sort of makes sense, but I didn’t find it as comfortable as I wanted and the third row was useless. The Grand Highlander makes a lot of sense and surprisingly had a lot of pep. But it’s a brand new model and there are a few bugs that need to be worked out first. It’s also really expensive right now since it’s brand new. I wish Honda had more hybrid options.
 
Just curious, did Donald ever attend any of the funerals of the Capitol police who were killed by his insurrection? There were what, five or six of them? Did he make any?

“bLuE lIvEs MaTtEr!”
 
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