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    Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 23 Jun 2019
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    What countries besides the US have a very strong home ownership culture?

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      1. Kai  🌟  🏳️‍🌈‏ @kaisdavis 23 Jun 2019
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        Canada https://tradingeconomics.com/canada/home-ownership-rate … https://torontostoreys.com/2019/03/canada-highest-home-ownership-rates/ … > Despite dropping slightly from 2011, Canada’s overall home ownership rate in 2016 was 67.8 per cent. The U.S., by comparison had a home ownership rate of 63.4 per cent in 2016.

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      1. Elliott Noel‏ @SkipperEl 23 Jun 2019
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        Canada, though minus the tax incentives.

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      1. Josh Clement‏ @joshwclement 23 Jun 2019
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        Australia

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      2. Keerthik Sasidharan‏Verified account @KS1729 23 Jun 2019
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        https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_home_ownership_rate …pic.twitter.com/LHBveGHPeB

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        romania on top is surprising. since itwas a communist dictatorship until not so long ago

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        It's seen as a milestone of success. 1. Own a two-wheeler 2. Own a new car 3. Get married + kids 4. Own a house Infinity bonus points if you work in a high level government job like the IAS.

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      2. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 23 Jun 2019
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        Japan is up there, though this is often discounted by folks in the West, whose view of Japan is excessively weighted towards Tokyo. (Where homes are still reasonably inexpensive in comparison to other global financial centers, btw.)

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        But strangely enough Japanese home tend to lose value over time

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        New Zealand, Australia, and Canada. Premium to own vs rent, high prices relative to income, still viewed as a default part of adult life. eghttps://twitter.com/ianbremmer/status/1092884316126937090?s=21 …

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        Least affordable intl housing markets by house price to income ratio 1 Hong Kong 2 Vancouver 3 Sydney 4 Melbourne 5 Santa Cruz, CA 6 San Jose, CA 7 Los Angeles 8 Tauranga/Bay of Plenty, NZ 9 Auckland 10 San Francisco Demographia Intl Housing Affordability Survey 2019
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