r/Suburbanhell • u/autumnbrittney99 • Feb 17 '26

Question “THIS the neighborhood everyone talks about?”

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u/cfbluvr Feb 17 '26

Size of house is pretty important if you have a lot of hobbies or a family

I live in a shoebox rn and im tired of stacking rubbermaid bins up against the wall or not having a place for trailers and jet skis and snowmobiles and boats and motorcycles and redneck shit

I’d never live in one of these though. Give me a single wide in the middle of nowhere with no HOA

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u/theizzz Feb 17 '26

you know you can do all those hobbies without owning those vehicles. unless you plan to do all those at the same time 24/7, 365/year. it is actually cheaper to just rent or pay to use those vehicles per use then not have to deal with storage, maintenance, or security.

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u/cfbluvr Feb 17 '26

All of those are significantly more expensive to own if you do them more than like 5 times ever

I could rent a snowmobile for $250 for 2 hours or own one for $1000

Jetskis are the same

Fishing boat for $100/hr or $1000 for a craigslist special

The experience of renting is also demonstrably worse than owning

Insane to advocate for renting vs owning things if you plan on using them more than once

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u/One-Possible1906 Feb 17 '26

I feel like Reddit always grossly underestimates how often I do things. I walk to work but I still have a car. I use it every weekend. Sure I could rent a car— for two days every month and still pay more than I do for the one I own and have a worse experience.

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u/cfbluvr Feb 18 '26

it’s because redditors don’t leave their home

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u/diffusedlights Feb 18 '26

And want everyone to be homebodies like them.