You beat me to it. I was going to reply with the Real Estate example but decided to plant some palm trees and reply later. Came back in when it was Miller time and there you were.
I agree, unfortunately that is the free enterprise society. I live in Palm Beach County, FL and our real estate went up 38% last year. Sounds great until you find out that your preoperty taxes on that new $500,000 house is over $12,000 a year, then therr's flood ins, hurricane ins, regular insurance. So it isn't that great. IF you make a killing on selling your house and move to NC or somewhere cheap, it's great. If you sell a 200K house for 400K and buy a 300K house here - you will loose money because of the taxes probably.
I had ONE Ae-Ae that I brought with me when I moved in March. Luckily, I have gotten a bunch of pups off that plant. I am putting some back around the new house to enjoy. I'm selling the extra pups off to buy some other stuff. I want a clump of Bambusa Lako (black bamboo clumper) and that is even more expensive than the Ae-Ae.
Take care guys - Terry
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