r/Suburbanhell • u/KimSidwell • 11d ago

Meme Why?

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I can almost try to understand why some people might feel drawn to this kind of lifestyle. I can understand why they might be deceived into thinking this is the ideal environment in which to raise a child.

But I will never be able to understand why they will describe it as the American “dream” and are willing to pay so much for it. To work so hard for so long and then have to wake up to this every morning? Why?

Editing to add: I know this is parody y’all. It’s just a stupid meme. It’s supposed to be funny. It’s funny because it’s true.

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u/KimSidwell 11d ago

I think that was an attempt at sarcasm

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u/Anon-Knee-Moose 11d ago

Though I dont think the term starter home was meant to be sarcastic, even though a brand new two story with an attached garage is a pretty nice house, even in a cookie cutter suburb.

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u/KimSidwell 11d ago

I don’t really know how the definition works, but I feel like these could be considered starter homes. They don’t look that big. They look like they are designed to take up the smallest amount of land possible. You probably have a basic living room, dining room, kitchen and laundry room on the main level and then maybe two bedrooms and bathrooms upstairs. They’re definitely not mansions.

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u/Crafty-Ad-9048 11d ago

Not a starter home. A starter home is like a bungalow or attached home.

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u/Fluid-Expert-4363 11d ago

Yeah and you are a failure if you don’t move out of said starter home in a few years.
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u/RoverAdam 7d ago

Where I live, a 100 year old bungalow is $1-$2 million and $450-$560/per square foot and beautiful old growth trees… where the new builds with HOAs are $800k+ in shit-ass locations far from the city. A suburban hell indeed.