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

[Steven Schveighoffer]

On Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:51:53 -0400, Walter Bright  
<newshound2 at digitalmars.com> wrote:

> 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.

Define financially better off :)

And this is not even a fair conversation, because there are so many  
variables to consider.

-Steve