Posted On: February 1, 2007, 3:10 pm CST

Posted By: Dawn

If I could afford a $1M home, don't ya think I'd have better things to do then sit here and read this? And, by the way, the $1M homes down here don't pay the taxes I do. Thank Bush for that one.

I work full time, my husband works full time, and now 30% our income goes to ins and taxes. Keep in mind, I moved here 15 years ago because it was cheaper then Washington DC, where I'm from. I bought a house that I could afford on my income, as I'm sure you did. 7 years later, I'm not sure how I'm not going to lose my home this year.

When you get an F5 through your neighborhood in the midwest, good luck with your insurance co. Good luck putting your life together with people telling you that you deserved it.

And don't say 'it won't happen'. The hurricanes that have hit in the last 3 years are stronger then ever. The tornadoes are stronger, the earthquakes are not only stronger, but they are now hitting in places where they'd never been before. It's been proven that the natural disasters in the last few years have grown in severity, numbers, and locations.

And move, great. Who's gonna by a house you can't insure and has a property tax level higher then most of the country?

FORECLOSURE? That's the magic word down here because you can't afford your home and no one will buy it.