I don't live in the city. I have friends and a job here. It doesn't seem like a solution to the problem to tell everyone to move to Ohio or something. And I know what it is to renovate a house. If it is a big enough job, you have to live (pay rent) elsewhere while you do the work. Otherwise, you still have huge material costs on top of your mortgage.

[–] thantik@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I didn't live elsewhere while I did the work. You don't have to, you just have to slum it for a while.

[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Sometimes you do have to, sometimes you don't. If it's a major enough renovation, it may actually be illegal to inhabit. I have lived in houses with no plumbing before. My wife and I are in our 40's and that just isn't going to work.