Where Obama grew up

[ttt]

This is interesting:

obamasneighborhood.com/homes.html

And as a bonus, this is Mitt Romney's childhood home:

www.homes.com/Home-Prices/ID-600033073555/1830-E-VALLEY-RD/

[basilosaurus]

When I first moved here and was catching rides, everyone pointed out the apt on Punahou. There was a lot of pride in the local boy.

[mominatrix]

But... but... they're both UPPER middle class!

[teflep]

Sept 11, 2012 20:44:36 GMT -5 mominatrix said:

But... but... they're both UPPER middle class!

They are now (which was the point. Or, maybe you are being tic?)

[ttt]

Sept 11, 2012 22:05:42 GMT -5 asdfjkl said:

1. I love that Obama lived on Poki St.

2. Mitt's house isn't actually as costly as I would have expected.

Yeah but it's Michigan and the house was built in the late 50s. I have a feeling it was a lot more valuable back then, relatively speaking. I don't think that 6 bedroom, 7 bathroom houses were all that common in the 1960s.

[Deleted]

Sept 11, 2012 22:07:49 GMT -5 teflep said:

Sept 11, 2012 20:44:36 GMT -5 mominatrix said:

But... but... they're both UPPER middle class!

They are now (which was the point. Or, maybe you are being tic?)

Mitt Romeney is not now and has never been upper middle class. BO probably was upper middle class before he became a super star senator/sold his books. But I think the pictures speak for themselves in terms of childhood. The guy in the million dollar house *totally* understands the needs of the working poor better than the guy who grew up in an apartment.

[mominatrix]

Sept 11, 2012 22:07:49 GMT -5 teflep said:

Sept 11, 2012 20:44:36 GMT -5 mominatrix said:

But... but... they're both UPPER middle class!

They are now (which was the point. Or, maybe you are being tic?)

they aren't in the same class, even now. Mitt its worth, what? 100 times what Obama is?

That's like somebody with $100k in the bank making it out like they're in the same financial boat as somebody with $1k in the bank.

...via mobile.

[Deleted]

omg are we still having the "But he's more rich!" debate.

yes Romney is insanely rich. Yes Obama is well off now too but he started off middle class, not wealthy.

Can we end it? (said to both sides)

[teflep]

Sept 12, 2012 6:27:36 GMT -5 @irishbride said:

omg are we still having the "But he's more rich!" debate.

yes Romney is insanely rich. Yes Obama is well off now too but he started off middle class, not wealthy.

Can we end it? (said to both sides)

No, not until one side says mitt is evil and can't have compassion for those who struggled because he never had student loan debt!

[marie427]

Hey that doesn't look like Kenya to me.