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Finally Found A House In My Price Range

This is a satirical meme that jokes about the extreme unaffordability of modern housing. The image shows an extremely small, dilapidated, run-down abandoned shack, overgrown with dry weeds, falling apart and fenced with chain-link, that is barely inhabitable. Text over the image reads "Finally found a house" at the top and "in my price range" at the bottom, mocking how out of reach decent housing is for most people. The original poster adds the context that they are picking up keys to this place tomorrow as a punchline.
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Finally found a house in my price range

Overview

This is a satirical meme that jokes about the extreme unaffordability of modern housing. The image shows an extremely small, dilapidated, run-down abandoned shack, overgrown with dry weeds, falling apart and fenced with chain-link, that is barely inhabitable. Text over the image reads "Finally found a house" at the top and "in my price range" at the bottom, mocking how out of reach decent housing is for most people. The original poster adds the context that they are picking up keys to this place tomorrow as a punchline.

Origin notes

This meme was posted to Reddit, with the original post titled "I pick up the keys tomorrow, exciting times". It is a relatable joke about the ongoing affordable housing crisis and high home prices that went viral as a meme.

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