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Interesting graph. I remember looking around me in the 90's as houses got bigger and bigger and the pools went into the back yard and the garages got filled with German cars and the occupants went on lavish vacations. I wasn't doing anywhere near that kind of spending and I was making a decent wage. I thought "what am I missing?" Turns out that what I was missing was the concept of using one's home as an ATM machine. Lots of others did not miss the boat though and mortgage companies were happy to accommodate them - much too happy in fact. When it blew up somehow it all became the government's fault which really blew my mind.
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