r/nextfuckinglevel 17h ago

The Transformation of a Van

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u/breuh 16h ago

Feel like I'm taking a crazy pill here lol, in terms of van building video, this is pretty tame and not even that crazy, why are people going crazy calling them rich motherfuckers and all that. If this video pisses you off, you probably need to stay away from the internet for a while to clear your head.

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u/gemengelage 14h ago

Yeah, the van itself seems somewhat reasonable. It's the garage that gives "generational wealth".

But hot damn, we really have a toxic crab bucket mentality where everyone who is 6 to 7 figures rich is portrayed as the enemy while there are people running around with 12 figures.

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u/NorCalAthlete 14h ago

That van build is still like $150k…

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u/travelmusica 12h ago

How much do you think a house cost?

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u/Ok-Beautiful4821 11h ago

That’s more than I paid for my house

u/Jesus_of_Redditeth 12m ago

You can buy houses for less than that right now, my friend. Sure, not in NYC or San Francisco, and they're not very big houses. But there are very large parts of the country where that is a reality. Do some browsing on Redfin if you don't believe me.

And no, I'm not posting this to imply that everything is just peachy in the housing market, btw.