we live in hell

Compare this to Chicago. Yes, there are HOA fees and higher taxes, but be serious. The difference between these two homes is insane.

Oh man in Vancouver 2 million buys you a box and a black marker

There’s black mold in that house. I feel it spiritually through the screen.

I could start apple computers there

Imagine that house full of sweaty tech bros

you're paying for the land, not the house itself. You can just build something else on the land.

that's even worse 😭 after you pay $2M you gotta pay for demolition and build a new home

In Hong Kong, we get only the bathroom for this.

You're paying for the land in one of the richest areas on earth. Next

I think this was my great aunt's house in San Jose that she bought around 1940 while working as an operator for the phone company in San Francisco (yeah, she commuted, but had relatives in SF so maybe she stayed over some days). On an operator's salary. It's now worth over $2 mil