In fact, after reading this article, (see link below) I'm thinking about moving to Oak Hill!!

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/real_estate_developers_push_to

LOL, pgp! (Headline of the story: "Real Estate Developers Push To Rebrand Murder Heights Neighborhood Of Baltimore.")

I'm sure Baltimore leaders wish the Onion picked a different city. But everyone gets picked on eventually.

Well, I wasn't one of those who tapped my home equity to the hilt to buy SUVs and pay off credit cards, etc and the slump has confirmed my conviction to stick with the old fashioned notion that a house is a long-term investment whose sale should be used to top up your retirement nest egg when the day comes. I've got 10 years to retirement and a lot of equity in my home, so can weather the slump. It's pretty scary that there will likely be a lot of very impoverished seniors over the next decade with lousy pensions, if all all, and no home equity to speak of.. AND all those stock brokers who advised that money is better spent on the stock market than sunk into a house are also, despite the housing slump, proved self-serving.

I never was that pressed about owning a home in the first place. I rent now, and seeing that i'm young and single, there is no need to buy. I could see if I was renting a 3 bedroom apartment or house that maybe it would be worth owning property instead, but i'm just in a 400 sq ft space, and it's plenty for my current situation, and a lot cheaper than the cheapest mortgage out there!