u/ChoiceContribution78

I just finished reading Marcus' Man in Basement story and I have so many thoughts swirling through my head, but mainly these three:

1. The last few parts of the MIB story reference passing Old House. I don't remember OH being referenced prior to this, but I did read it over the span of a few weeks so that could just be my bad memory. Can anyone clarify if this is an OH we've encountered in WUTLH or Caretaker? Or if it's another one?

2. It definitely sounds like desolate road that has the one bus stop on it in MIB is the same road that's in Caretaker when Macy is headed to the interview. Is anyone else under the assumption that the man that tried to get Macy's attention before being turned away & off the bus was Mitch? If so, what do you think his goal was on that bus / trying to get Macy's attention?

3. In both stories, "suicides/suidice attempts" are described as utilizing a bag over their head to induce suffocation (I assume? As in, that's the logical reason, but with Macy there were pills involved too I think, so it could be just a portion of the attempt). What could be the reasoning behind so many of MK's characters taking/trying to take their own lives in this way?

Looking forward to any thoughts & theories 🩶

I mean this as a legitimate question with only a hint of a rant: how is anyone able to afford a home on a single salary right now?

I'm 30 years old, ~70k salary, and only looking for a small home for me and my pets, but because I have pets (on insurance) and a cheap car, somehow I'm only able to be approved for a mortgage around mid-200k.

I'm staying with family at the moment, and I am very thankful for that, but I'm so confused as to how anyone is affording a house and cars and kids when I can't get a ~1,000 sqft house without being house poor. I'm not looking for a perfect home, I just don't want one that's falling apart, yet that appears to be the only option below 300k in town.

How are y'all managing this? Give me your wisdom plz & thx 🙏🏻

Edit: I've seen a couple people mention this, so I think it's best to just address it here - I actually would love a townhome. I would prefer to be in the downtown area in a townhome, but anything that's remotely affordable is either structurally unsound and/or on a very problematic street. Obviously, I wouldn't be able to avoid all of the rougher streets being downtown at all, but there are a few that are a hard pass haha (and of course they're the only slightly affordable ones).