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  • Re: A non-moaning, non-entitled, non-snowflake

    From Tony @3:770/3 to JohnO on Sunday, April 09, 2017 17:56:16
    JohnO <johno1234@gmail.com> wrote:
    Good on this guy. Didn't feel he had to go to university and get a degree in >arts and politics. Got a trade, worked hard, saved, now owns a house at the age
    of 19.

    Too bad most of the millenial snow-flakes think they are entitled to a place >close to the Auckland CBD cafes, complete with ensuites and walk in wardrobes.

    Getting ahead in NZ and owning your own land is possible if you do the work >and make the sacrifice. Don't let the moaners and lefties tell you otherwise.

    http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/home-property/91268790/on-the-ladder-dont-pay-off-someone-elses-mortgage-says-mum
    Great stuff, I know several young couples who have recently bought a modest house in an area that is reasonably priced and yet safe and are happy to travel an hour to work (some leave home at 6am to avoid traffic or secure parking at the railway station). I did all of that when I was newly married. Good to know that there are still plenty of young people that do not have an entitlement attitude.
    Tony

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  • From JohnO@3:770/3 to All on Sunday, April 09, 2017 15:26:31
    Good on this guy. Didn't feel he had to go to university and get a degree in arts and politics. Got a trade, worked hard, saved, now owns a house at the age
    of 19.

    Too bad most of the millenial snow-flakes think they are entitled to a place close to the Auckland CBD cafes, complete with ensuites and walk in wardrobes.

    Getting ahead in NZ and owning your own land is possible if you do the work and
    make the sacrifice. Don't let the moaners and lefties tell you otherwise.

    http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/home-property/91268790/on-the-ladder-dont-pay-off-someone-elses-mortgage-says-mum

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  • From Pooh@3:770/3 to JohnO on Monday, April 10, 2017 11:55:30
    On 10/04/2017 10:26 a.m., JohnO wrote:
    Good on this guy. Didn't feel he had to go to university and get a degree in
    arts and politics. Got a trade, worked hard, saved, now owns a house at the age
    of 19.

    Too bad most of the millenial snow-flakes think they are entitled to a place
    close to the Auckland CBD cafes, complete with ensuites and walk in wardrobes.

    Getting ahead in NZ and owning your own land is possible if you do the work
    and make the sacrifice. Don't let the moaners and lefties tell you otherwise.

    http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/home-property/91268790/on-the-ladder-dont-pay-off-someone-elses-mortgage-says-mum

    A family in Auckland got themselves into a cheap house in Auckland last
    week. They had to rethink the budget to raise the deposit which they did
    by several thousand dollars. Only goes to show that where theirs a will
    theirs a way.

    Pooh

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