Building

 

Today’s picture:

 

Samples of our rentals apts, condoes

BUT for today:

I read every day that there is a housing shortage in the USA! My head asks: “How can that be?”  AS most know, Sherry and I are Gypsies.  Since I was a small-time builder for a few years I take note as we circle this great country. We see houses, condos, apartment complexes going up everywhere we travel.

Our small town of Belmont, NC seems to add a hundred homes/apartments every month. Thousands a year. The traffic is now so bad many times we wait thru 2-3 changes before getting under a light.

Concerning occupations. As a builder my preference was the small 3 BR home. Now those are a thing of the past, it seems the min now is 2000-4000 sqft. I have probably mentioned it here. A house I built and sold for 80,000 many years ago was bought for $326,000 and remodeled with an additional $300,000.  That shocks me to the core that in our neighborhood that much money can be spent.

A house just 200 yards from the one we just moved out of rents for $2000 a month. 3 wage earners live there to afford the rent.

  I am blown away that I hear that more apartments have been approved by the city council with a projected rental of over $3000 a month. My mind cannot wrap around the salaries required to pay that, a car payment, CC pmt, insurance along with groceries. Boggles my mind.

Speaking of change. Belmont WAS a Cotton Mill town. Now some of those mills are now hundreds of apartments.  Below is the Chronicle Mill's transformation to apartments.

Yeah, I know, I still live in a world where a Pepsi/Coke was a nickel along with a nickel Milky Way.

WE still survive of course and paid the increase as the world of camping turned into RV’ing. When we started a campsite was $5 a night. WE know several now that get $85 a night. NOPE, we do not pay that much, we find the cheapest. WE pay yearly for certain parks. But we do pay $40-50 a night if we have to stay in a roadside park.

Sorry just running my mouth or fingers, LOL. Christmas is near and I hope you are ready for that.  God has been good to us and we, like the rest of the country, are surviving and living the best we can.

Take care and smile that we are still above the worms…

I hear that the best part about assisted living is that I will be able to tell the same joke every day… and it will be funny every time!"  ;-)

 

Nite Shipslog

PS: 

Be good to your neighbor they may need to check on you one day!