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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSaw "99 Homes"
It was about the foreclosure crisis and the toll it takes on families. It was interesting and poignant because it was set in Orlando and I lost my home there during The Great Recession. It is painful losing one's home but I had an attorney who bought me two years so I had a lot of time to think about leaving before I had to completely give up the ghost. I was long gone before the sheriff physically evicts you.
leftofcool
(19,460 posts)On the other hand, I am not sure home "ownership" is what it is cracked up to be. There is no longer that "stigma" for people who rent and I honestly think that in some ways renting makes more practical sense if the 21st century especially for young people and even for people in middle age.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,708 posts)If I would have lost my girlfriend then I would have been irretrievably lost.
leftofcool
(19,460 posts)So many lost so much. The people not affected by the recession were people like me, late 50's early 60's, very close to retirement, living in the same home for 27 years etc.... But, we all know people who lost a great deal and I sympathize because there but for the grace of the goddess, it could have been me.
UCmeNdc
(9,600 posts)Less debt is more freedom
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,708 posts)leftofcool
(19,460 posts)DemocratSinceBirth
(99,708 posts)His character gets killed at the end of Heat because he is unwilling to abandon his girlfriend before the police catch him.