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Originally Posted by clive milne
Yep, we definitely need more lawyers, meth labs, stock brokers and lobbyists.
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The national obsession is houses (In NZ, Oz and the west in general). It's essentially a fetish, and the upshot is our adult population has driven property prices into the stratosphere by buying and selling houses to each other at ever-increasing prices.
The inevitable result is today's kids know their only hope of ever owning a home of their own is by choosing a career that pays well.
Is any of this sane? No, of course not, but it is what it is. Remember that as you gleefully plan to purchase your second or sixth "investment property." Those disappointed young couples at the auctions will almost certainly become accountants or lawyers just to be able to have a hope at the next auction.