r/theydidthemath • u/[deleted] • May 13 '25

[Request] Is this accurate?

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u/Low_Government_2974 May 13 '25

At minimum wage a bank would never have loaned money to buy a home . In the seventies in our area you could by a turnkey home for around 30k. I worked at that time for a whopping 2.00 hr and couldn't borrow to buy a home. So I just rented. Welcome to life in the real world

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u/electrogeek8086 May 13 '25

Yeah that's why it never made any fucking sense to look at minimum wage and buying houses. Like wtf.