Comment by magicalhippo

When I was about 4 there was a financial downturn here. Lots lots their jobs and mortgage rates were quite high.

I still quite vividly recall watching the news with my parents, and there was a family crying in a hallway as some officials locked up the door to their apartment. Not understanding what was going on, I asked my parents why they were crying, and they said because they couldn't pay their mortgage and so they had lost their home.

Lets just say I didn't need any more lessons regarding mortgage payments.