Is America's suburban dream collapsing into a nightmare? (Dallas, McKinney: real estate, jobs)

[austinnetx]

Originally Posted by galore

And you probably believe the oil was put in the ground by magic elves.

And now they pull it out of the ground and deliver it to gas stations.

[austinnetx]

Originally Posted by loves2read

Every single thing we have has become cheaper over time

that is a totally irrational comment to make and while some things have become less expensive, some things are MORE expensive even taking into account the price of money in different decades...making a comment such as that which illustrates lack of thought pretty much decimates your rant...

Prove it. Prove it. Prove it.

Facts are rational, assertions are irrational.

[galore]

Originally Posted by austinnetx

And now they pull it out of the ground and deliver it to gas stations.

Unfortunately they decided to charge an arm and a leg.

[loves2read]

flat out dollars and cents---
I pay more for a gallon of milk, a loaf of bread, a movie ticket, tires for my car, a haircut, a pair of shoes made of real leather, a head of lettuce, a dozen eggs,
a visit to the doctor--especially if I don't have a co-pay plan, a filling in my tooth, and/or a pair of eyeglasses than I did 30 years ago

I would never have dreamed of paying more for a car than I did for our first house--but we came pretty close with the car we bought at Christmas...

It is way more expensive to go to college at a state school than the hourly rate I paid at my small private college more than 30 years ago...
textbooks are out the kazoo
try buying land on waterfront property in any of the metro areas around TX--
river front land is EXPENSIVE in San Marcos, New Braunfels, Seguin, Wimberley, and Lakefront around the Highland Lakes and Travis is multiples of what it was even a decade ago...

and since you present no evidence--your statement is actually an assertion as well and according to your own mantra is irrational...

[Lakewooder]

I think austinnetx missed Econ 101 and 'economies of scale'.

[KantLockeMeIn]

Originally Posted by loves2read

flat out dollars and cents---
I pay more for a gallon of milk, a loaf of bread, a movie ticket, tires for my car, a haircut, a pair of shoes made of real leather, a head of lettuce, a dozen eggs,
a visit to the doctor--especially if I don't have a co-pay plan, a filling in my tooth, and/or a pair of eyeglasses than I did 30 years ago

Does a person in your field of work make the same amount of money with the same experience as 30 years ago? Are you comparing apples with apples?

You have to adjust prices AND income for inflation. Some goods and services are cheaper today, others are more expensive. A statement that overall items are cheaper or more expensive is a foolish one.

[lh_newbie]

Originally Posted by austinnetx

Prove it. Prove it. Prove it.

Facts are rational, assertions are irrational.

The average price of a vehicle has steadily climbed over the last few decades...

[lh_newbie]

Originally Posted by twojciac

Does a person in your field of work make the same amount of money with the same experience as 30 years ago? Are you comparing apples with apples?

You have to adjust prices AND income for inflation. Some goods and services are cheaper today, others are more expensive. A statement that overall items are cheaper or more expensive is a foolish one.

The overall savings rate has steadily dropped over the last few decades also - which does take overall expenses and overall income into consideration... so on average, Aceplace is correct. Of couse you're going to dispute this also, because one can argue with any statistic. I'm done with this debate.

[TriumphOfTheSprint]

Originally Posted by lh_newbie

The average price of a vehicle has steadily climbed over the last few decades...

Not according to the Department of Energy: Vehicle Technologies Program: Fact #520: May 26, 2008 Average Price of a New Car, 1970-2006

[KantLockeMeIn]

Originally Posted by lh_newbie

The average price of a vehicle has steadily climbed over the last few decades...

The average features of a vehicle have increased as well. So again, we're not comparing apples to apples.