Current Events > Does your Family still own the HOUSE you grew up in??

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according to statistics, 38% of people said their family homes they grew up in are still in possession of the family whether by their parents or owned by their next of kin..


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Nah
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The house I consider my childhood home(age 4-12) doesn't even exist any more. The next one though, from age 12 until now is still ours and I have a place there even though I'm not currently living there.
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No. Technically I grew up in 2 houses and both are no longer standing. I was on Google Maps a couple months back looking at the vacant lots where they used to be and I was nearly in tears.
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When I was 10 we moved to a new house which burned up in 2007 but they still own the land.
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Never owned, always rented. My grandma left my dad and aunt her house when she died though, and he bought bought out my aunt's half. So now he technically owns it, but he had been renting it for a couple years.
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yes and I've lived in it for my whole life minus about 12 months total a couple other places
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never owned, moved out of our first place when I was 4

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Yeah, my dad lives in it solo while letting it go to shit
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Yep

And now the property is worth a lot, as in the land

A big property near the city

Could legit demolish the house and build 3 new ones in the block
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Nah, our first home was just a small little one story house.

My dad moved up a lot in his sales job, he's a sales manager now and makes dank money

Yes but they want to sell it since its a lot of hassle to maintain a 4 bedroom double storey house with backyard and front garden when both kids moved out.

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majority said yes
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I still live in it.
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Yeah. My parents still live in it.
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question doesn't really apply to me as a military brat. we had free housing on base all over the world.
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I didn't have a house I grew up in. I grew up an army brat and I never stayed in one place for too long. I've lived in many houses

Home from 0-10: no
Home from 10-18: yes
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Parents sold it just after I graduated University. In the 7 years since it's more than doubled in value. Thankfully it's still standing, but I'm not sure for how long, as the whole area was rezoned for townhomes and a developer will probably come along in the next few years to buy up the land and redevelop.

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I grew up in various apartments. Still live in an apartment.
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No, and right up until I finally returned to the place a year or two ago I hadn't been there since we had to leave around 2002. The place used to show up in my dreams, frequently. I'd dream about always going back, I'd be walking there, in my neighborhood. I'd be walking down the road to it. I'd be at the front door. I desperately wanted to go back. I always wanted to go back home, even if it wasn't really 'home' anymore.

Then, I finally did. And I stepped outside the car, looked around, and immediately burst into tears. I had this overwhelming urge to knock on the front door, and go inside.

I dunno, I look back on it the way I look back at other good things from my childhood that aren't so anymore. My life has pretty much been over since I was thirteen, or so.
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Yes. I own it now.
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No, my dad sold it a few years ago to move into a smaller place (with less maintenance, too)
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Parents split when I was 3, house was sold soon after.
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Quorthon109 posted...

Parents split when I was 3, house was sold soon after.

If hardly call that the house you grew up in
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Yes, my parents still live there
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My dad owns the house he bought when I was 9. My mom owns the house she bought when I was 14.

Dat_Cracka_Jax posted...

Quorthon109 posted...

Parents split when I was 3, house was sold soon after.

If hardly call that the house you grew up in

I did kinda glaze over that part. Still, it's my childhood home and it ended up being the only house either of them ever owned. I look back on it more so than any apartment that came after.
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Yes. I own it and am living in it. Have lived here my whole life. My mom's childhood home too. My grandparent's built it in 1955 and they lived here the majority of their lives.
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