The House I Grew Up In

**FailSafe** · 17-06-2014, 07:43 AM

I remember it seemed so big at the time, but our half was only 1520' sq (141 sq.m)- we had the left side. My parents bought it for less than $20,000 and sold it for a little over $100,000 in the 1980s, and today it's valued at $560,000 (which seems like a lot, but the apartment downstairs gives it rental income potential). It looks way different from when we had it- the neighborhood went from middle-class to upper-middle-class over the last 10 years or so as 'hipsters' took over much of Brooklyn and jacked up the property values- if today someone earned the equivalent of what my dad made when he bought the house, they wouldn't be able to afford it- times really change.

Got a pic of your original house?

**xanax** · 17-06-2014, 07:57 AM

House ? we had a cardboard box, should be a good thread

**Kurgen** · 17-06-2014, 08:06 AM

Cardboard box? We had a bin bag.

**Sumocakewalk** · 17-06-2014, 08:55 AM

I lived in this one until I was about 6 years old. It didn't have the white picket fence and arbor back then. Other than that it still looks the same. The family grew in size so we moved to a place with more bedrooms. Similar to the OP, the property value change since then has made this more difficult to afford.

**xanax** · 17-06-2014, 09:06 AM

wow that's a great house, where is it?

**CalEden** · 17-06-2014, 09:11 AM

Both my parents are gone now and the house I grew up in I rent out. The monthly rental is equivalent to the average annual income of a worker in 1952, when my parents bought the house.

**palexxxx** · 17-06-2014, 09:12 AM

Here is where I spent ten years of my life, from the age of 2.

We didn't have any air-conditioning (in the kitchen, here) when we had the house. It was unheard of then. It would have been great to have though as we only had a wood stove and it was pretty unbearable running that in the middle of summer.

https://www.google.com.au/maps?q=73+...EhqqfwE7HMBnXw

**MANICHAEAN1** · 17-06-2014, 01:39 PM

House?

It was a two bedroom flat up six flights of stairs in Fulham, with no heating ( except when the fire was lit), a coal bunker exposed to the open air, next to a freezing toilet.

Yet it was home.

**bobo746** · 17-06-2014, 03:20 PM

No body lived in a paper bag in the middle of the road?

**harrybarracuda** · 17-06-2014, 03:21 PM

You were lucky.

**FailSafe** · 17-06-2014, 04:04 PM

I'm actually depressed to see they took down the basketball hoop- I spent countless hours on that small driveway 'court'.

**misskit** · 17-06-2014, 04:07 PM

How do you download a pic from Google? I couldn't figure it out.

**baldrick** · 17-06-2014, 04:26 PM

Originally Posted by misskit

How do you download a pic from Google?

screen grab - press the PrtSc button on your keyboard , open paint , ctrl+v ( paste ) , select the section you want and crop - then save as a jpeg

**misskit** · 17-06-2014, 04:37 PM

Thanks, baldrick. I'll give it a go.

**kmart** · 17-06-2014, 04:49 PM

Originally Posted by baldrick

Originally Posted by misskit

How do you download a pic from Google?

screen grab - press the PrtSc button on your keyboard , open paint , ctrl+v ( paste ) , select the section you want and crop - then save as a jpeg

This is a great little app: Printkey 2000 – An Oldie but a Goodie | David Vielmetter

**FailSafe** · 17-06-2014, 04:52 PM

Originally Posted by misskit

How do you download a pic from Google? I couldn't figure it out.

I just took a screenshot with my iPad and cropped it.

I haven't been back to the old neighborhood in many years (it's a little over an hour from where my parents live now out on Long Island)- I'm gonna make it a point to take a ride over and check it out the next time I visit NY- I doubt I'll recognize the place.

**Albert Shagnastier** · 17-06-2014, 06:08 PM

Originally Posted by baldrick

Originally Posted by misskit

How do you download a pic from Google?

screen grab - press the PrtSc button on your keyboard , open paint , ctrl+v ( paste ) , select the section you want and crop - then save as a jpeg

Or just right click and select "Save image as"

**thaimeme** · 17-06-2014, 06:20 PM

Originally Posted by CalEden

Both my parents are gone now and the house I grew up in I rent out. The monthly rental is equivalent to the average annual income of a worker in 1952, when my parents bought the house.

This is an interesting development. The comparative cost of livings from back when to today. Where, in the day, one could raise and family and afford a decent life because salaries were equal to the cost of most everything.

Over the years, cost have unnecessarily jumped 500-1000 percent where average salaries have budged little. Seems to be universal.

**Davis Knowlton** · 17-06-2014, 06:29 PM

Originally Posted by thaimeme

Originally Posted by CalEden

Both my parents are gone now and the house I grew up in I rent out. The monthly rental is equivalent to the average annual income of a worker in 1952, when my parents bought the house.

This is an interesting development. The comparative cost of livings from back when to today. Where, in the day, one could raise and family and afford a decent life because salaries were equal to the cost of most everything.

Over the years, cost have unnecessarily jumped 500-1000 percent where average salaries have budged little. Seems to be universal.

So your assertion is that, since 1952, which is 62 years ago, "salaries have budged little". You need to do a bit more research before spouting such drivel.

**armstrong** · 18-06-2014, 06:28 AM

i'm surprised that the lookout is still standing as it was rotting 20+ years ago...

**palexxxx** · 18-06-2014, 06:37 AM

^ Is that an addition your dad made to look out for 'the hun', during the war?

**dirk diggler** · 18-06-2014, 04:53 PM

This is where I grew up:

In a granite box full of radiation.

I see my bedroom still has the Edwardian wardrobe with the large oval mirrors on the doors at either side.

I also see that my mother has started recycling, I wonder if that came with her born again love for jesus.

I see she's trimmed the hedge, top and side but not the neighbour's side. That's pretty shitty, as he always does top and both sides.

10 hail mary's should cover it.

Patsy,

If you're going to take a screen shot just put the google map image into full screen first then no need to crop. paste it into paint then save as jpeg.

Host at postimg.org

Simples.

**patsycat** · 18-06-2014, 07:00 PM

Can't see your pic. but if i could it for me would be the flat on Warrender Park Terrace overlooking the Meadows for me. Number 31.

My cat at the time, Suze, had a wee hidey hole. Builders blocked her in for 24 hours.

What i loved about living there was the comunal gardens, you could pop out and hang your washing up and sit and sunbathe etc. with very friendly neighbours.

Now, if i get a hello from my neighbours it seems like they pull it out from their necks like a horrible disease.

**FailSafe** · 18-06-2014, 08:23 PM

Originally Posted by dirk diggler

This is where I grew up:

Patsy,

If you're going to take a screen shot just put the google map image into full screen first then no need to crop. paste it into paint then save as jpeg.

Host at postimg.org

Simples.

Originally Posted by patsycat

Can't see your pic.

Hehe- not so 'simples', it would seem.

**dirk diggler** · 18-06-2014, 08:51 PM

I can see them both.

Thread: The House I Grew Up In

Thread Tools

Display

The House I Grew Up In

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

Posting Permissions