My kids are Gen Z and their incomes (even the college grad) are barely sufficient at this point to rent an apartment with a roommate or two. They are careful with their money, but at these housing prices, It's going to take a while before they'll be thinking about buying a home, even a tiny fixer upper.
I love this change for you!
I share my big old California house with one of my kids now since I'm mostly in my Arizona tin can casita.
I recently had the 95-year-old garage rebuilt, and refurbished the 1960's era swimming pool. As my brother likes to say, maybe I'll need to put the property on the market in 30 days or I might live in it another 30 years. Somewhere between those two points is my future. It was a project slog, but it's done.. I also had financial jitters, they are also in the rear view mirror now. Whew!
Good luck with your move and projects.
Bogleheads forum.
Several podcasts, beginning with Christine Benz's The Long View.
There are still reasons to come to HD, and I hope to read more of everyone on this thread.
Several long time contributors who I have enjoyed reading for years are infrequent posters these days. Jonathan was good at getting people to contribute, early and often. I listened to him talking about the site on several podcasts in his last year, where he extolled his contributors for their generosity in sharing their stories, the good bad and ugly at times. If I didn't write an article for a while, he'd send an email and encourage me to write another. I don't think that's happened but once since he's been gone. Of course I should show more initiative, but absent his interest and invitation, I can't be sure anyone is interested in what I'm thinking about. I challenge the idea that this is a "retirement" website, a characterization that limits its readership and reach. People like Dr. Lefty and Kristine and many others were not retirees for most of their contributing years. I've written about my youngsters and how to help them learn to manage money. That's still a big interest of mine. Of course Jonathan was interested in that too, it's the focus of his project, Getting Going on Savings Initiative. Possibly we could spend more time talking and inviting in an encouraging way younger people and mid-career workers who want to be getting going. I sure spend a lot of my energy on this when I'm not online. The ongoing saga of living in retirement with plenty of money doesn't have the angst and drama of, say, trying to decide if it's worth giving up a lot of spending on other things in order to buy a condo or a starter home (which seem to be an endangered species in many places). The website's Get Educated area changes almost daily and is true to Jonathan's voice and the Money Guide is fantastic, along with his Manifesto as well. Maybe that all should be the top of the website, and our (lesser) forum fall into the middle. I agree with Kristen, Jonathan was hoping for the best with HD continuing, and he made it quite distinctly different from other sites.
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My kids are Gen Z and their incomes (even the college grad) are barely sufficient at this point to rent an apartment with a roommate or two. They are careful with their money, but at these housing prices, It's going to take a while before they'll be thinking about buying a home, even a tiny fixer upper.
Post: Giving Up on Owning a Home
Link to comment from March 31, 2026
I love this change for you! I share my big old California house with one of my kids now since I'm mostly in my Arizona tin can casita. I recently had the 95-year-old garage rebuilt, and refurbished the 1960's era swimming pool. As my brother likes to say, maybe I'll need to put the property on the market in 30 days or I might live in it another 30 years. Somewhere between those two points is my future. It was a project slog, but it's done.. I also had financial jitters, they are also in the rear view mirror now. Whew! Good luck with your move and projects.
Post: A Big Little Move (by Dana/DrLefty)
Link to comment from March 30, 2026
Bogleheads forum. Several podcasts, beginning with Christine Benz's The Long View. There are still reasons to come to HD, and I hope to read more of everyone on this thread.
Post: Where are the ladies?
Link to comment from March 26, 2026
Several long time contributors who I have enjoyed reading for years are infrequent posters these days. Jonathan was good at getting people to contribute, early and often. I listened to him talking about the site on several podcasts in his last year, where he extolled his contributors for their generosity in sharing their stories, the good bad and ugly at times. If I didn't write an article for a while, he'd send an email and encourage me to write another. I don't think that's happened but once since he's been gone. Of course I should show more initiative, but absent his interest and invitation, I can't be sure anyone is interested in what I'm thinking about. I challenge the idea that this is a "retirement" website, a characterization that limits its readership and reach. People like Dr. Lefty and Kristine and many others were not retirees for most of their contributing years. I've written about my youngsters and how to help them learn to manage money. That's still a big interest of mine. Of course Jonathan was interested in that too, it's the focus of his project, Getting Going on Savings Initiative. Possibly we could spend more time talking and inviting in an encouraging way younger people and mid-career workers who want to be getting going. I sure spend a lot of my energy on this when I'm not online. The ongoing saga of living in retirement with plenty of money doesn't have the angst and drama of, say, trying to decide if it's worth giving up a lot of spending on other things in order to buy a condo or a starter home (which seem to be an endangered species in many places). The website's Get Educated area changes almost daily and is true to Jonathan's voice and the Money Guide is fantastic, along with his Manifesto as well. Maybe that all should be the top of the website, and our (lesser) forum fall into the middle. I agree with Kristen, Jonathan was hoping for the best with HD continuing, and he made it quite distinctly different from other sites.
Post: Where are the ladies?
Link to comment from March 26, 2026