Does the real estate market increasingly force more families to build?

That fits the picture, we don't complain or are not jealous and therefore happier

No seriously, in this case the absence of a well-paying large industry seems to have a positive effect.

SH and MVP are different.- We have a lot of land, few people, hardworking illegal workers, and the will to build houses.
It is really like that: in our settlement as well, dozens of people with completely normal to small incomes, smaller houses, a lot of self-work, a lot of help among each other, and something gets done.

You can forget it in the West, even in the East it is changing. You have to earn money, commute, and want to clock off.

You can forget about that here in the West, even in the East things are changing. You have to earn money, commute, and want to finish work on time

How did my (great)grandparent generation still manage that? A 70-hour week underground or at the plant or as a housewife with children and little help, a allotment garden on the side, and still solidarity everywhere. Quitting time was only when you couldn’t help elsewhere anymore. More children than today were raised on the side as well. With an outhouse and coal stove at first.

Either they were all Superman, or it really is true: our modern lifestyle makes us physically weak, mentally poor, and less socially connected.

Today you come home after 8 hours of sitting in front of the PC, flushed through rush hour traffic, and need time off so badly that there’s no strength left for others. Obviously that doesn’t do anyone any good. So why do it?

Because the hamster wheel feels like a career ladder from the inside? And we are all so happy when the number on the pay slip is right?

It gets really exciting when the Greens enforce their current proposal for the compulsory expropriation of undeveloped building land. In Tübingen, it is already five to twelve in this regard, if one is to believe the media reports of the last few days.

The state is exchanging its paper money for land. Wow!

It gets really exciting when the Greens push through their current proposal for the forced expropriation of undeveloped building land. In Tübingen, it is already five to twelve in this regard, if one is to believe the media reports of the last few days.

The state is exchanging its paper money for land. Wow!

I very, very rarely agree with the Greens in terms of content, but the fact that something is finally being done to light a fire under the asses of land speculators and hoarders is actually to be welcomed. It was a huge mistake to sell massive amounts of building land back then without a building obligation, and that definitely needs to be fixed.

Today, after 8 hours of sitting in front of the PC, you get swept home in rush hour traffic and need your time off so badly that there’s no energy left for anything else. Obviously, this doesn’t do anyone any good. So why do it?

Because the hamster wheel looks like a career ladder from the inside? And we’re all so happy when the number on the paycheck is right?

When you have small children, about 14-15 hours pass before you can even think about time off. I would also rather work 20 hours a week, but then you can’t pay off the house. After 8 hours at the PC, I’m more exhausted than if I had spent a day working outside. Life used to be different, our grandparents probably said the same about their grandparents. For our children and grandchildren, it will surely be normal to work 20-30 hours a week, and they will somehow manage the rest of the time as well.