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[Review] The Homeownership Obsession

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The Homeownership Obsession How buying homes became a part of the American dream — and also a nightmare. By Katy Kelleher Illustration by Kelly Abeln Source: CITYSCAPENOV. 13, 2019 Original Article URL: https://www.curbed.com/article/why-buy-house-homeownership-history.html What is the main point(s) of the reading/theory? What is the evidence supplied by the author(s) that the theory is valid? If I could define this article in one sentence, it would be something like this: "As society and people's lifestyles have changed, the way people view homes has changed, and as a result, people in the United States are changing their preferences for real estate and how they buy it." In the past, for people, a home was the basis for the family's survival, coexistence, and prosperity. All human relationships and social life have been designed and operated around the home. Owning a house meant that we had the least amount of security, which gave us the driving force to move forward...

COVID-19 is getting closer

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  It's almost been 7 months to have COVID-19 in this world. Absolutely most of countries are suffering from the hazardous virus. In some countries such as US and Brazil, at least thousands of people dies from it. Fortunately, only few people are reported to be infected the virus and none of them are dead currently. I appreciate to all the people who are working against the virus in this country.   However, still people are not scared enough from the Corona. Still many people gather in public indoor places such as pubs and religious worship. It shows how much we inattention to COVID-19. I feel the number of infection is getting increased slightly. There was one case of COVID-19 infection in my company, and all the employees had to stay home for temporary-isolation. I believe the 2nd crisis will come in a couple of months with high possibility. This feeling drives me sad and happy. I feel sad because destructive economic crisis is expected from the virus. However, I feel ha...