DConf 2013 Day 3 Talk 1: Metaprogramming in the Real World by Don Clugston

[Walter Bright]

On 6/11/2013 1:18 PM, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
> On Tuesday, 11 June 2013 at 19:38:13 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
>> I have to laugh at this.  "Solar is *almost* free money *if* you can wait 20
>> years"
>
> A 20 year payback time is no big deal to me, the house won't pay for itself
> compared to renting for a similar timeframe either, but I see it is very worth it.

Rents have lagged significantly behind the cost of buying for some time, now 
(because people buy homes for speculating on real estate price increases). This 
means you are financially better off renting.

Owning a home has lots of nice advantages, but saving money isn't reliably one 
of them.