So sorry if you thought this post was about the title. It's more a question, and how to achieve such a thing.
I grew up on about over an acre of land. We had an orchard in the back of our yard, apples mostly. I yearn for the days of my youth. I make a good living, by most standards, I'm above average. So why can I not buy a house like in my youth? The divide seems so very large. By most measures I was in poverty in my youth. Yet I cannot even afford that lifestyle. Why is that? Why is housing so damn expensive?
From reading some of your other posts, it sounds like you live in a blue state? Like Cali? Land is insanely expensive. Even here in Oregon. But even in Cali, you could’ve bought a great house back in 2010-2012. It was about impossible to get a huge mortgage, since the banks had been burned, so you need to save money (as I mentioned), have little to no debt and get a bank loan or a loan from a family member if you need more. We bought 3 lots in 2010 and 2011 for half of what they had been in 2008. We are planning on doin that again in the next downturn, which is coming up.