Zillow’s phenomenon is in line with the current political climate. Today’s youth came at a moment of a moment that was distinguished by an increasing opposite rose towards income inequality and an unrestricted group of billionaires, a feeling that is reflected in the popularity of offers such as succession and White Lotus. Zillow’s general pricing details give people who want to overcome the wealthy or make fun of the opportunity to do this within the internal circles.
“You are trying to be very objective on this topic, but I think it inevitably ends up leakage to your perception of someone,” says Williams.
Anna Goldfar, author of the book ” Modern friendshipHe says these discoveries can lead people to assumptions and rulings on the priorities of their friends. “It is not a matter of money,” says Golfar. “It is the values about money where you can get thorny with friends.”
“One of the biggest reasons for friendships is the difference in values. Therefore, there is a real danger here from looking deeply in financial affairs, because you put your friendship on the line, such as,“ Do we share values? “It is not clear, but it is certain that, well, if you know that your friend is your hands and makes terrible financial options, then looking for her home on Zillow, she will make all kinds of rulings on that,” says Golfarp.
But knowing that a friend seems to be well because they get a lot of help they can also reduce the insecurity of people rather than just fuel them.
Lucia Parker, 25, describes her tendency to search for her friends’ apartments as a “curiosity”, but she says that the habit has led to her suppression to compare her financial position with her peers, especially when it becomes clear that the standard of living of a friend can be possible through factors other than their salaries, money from their parents. New York Magazine I recently mentioned that nearly half of the parents in the United States provide financial support to their adult children and that, among the American adults under the age of 43, only support themselves without the help of their parents. But despite the fact that the parents -backed lifestyles have become common, the feeling of shame and secret surrounding the wealth of generations continue. “There is a lack of financial transparency in our world,” says Parker. “It is useful to know that others’ lifestyles may be due to another reason.”
Since the money remains cultural taboos, people must take the results of Zillow with a grain of salt. “You have no idea if they had withdrawn all their money from all their retirement accounts, if someone helps them, if they borrow money from a friend or someone else and then plan to pay them. There are many different scenarios,” said Evans. “We don’t really have a clear financial picture on how they can achieve this.”
But sometimes information appears through an event. Those looking for pictures of a new friend’s home, for example, meet much more information than they asked. “I love programs like Hunter “I bought this house, and here is the title,” says, 35, and anything on HGTV, so when a friend says, “I said,” She says, but regardless of her novel, she fits with the details of her financial boyfriend. “
Most of the people I spoke to agreed: Although many are aware of this information, it is still forbidden in general to ask someone about the amount of the costs of his home or offering the fact that you asked for the answer.
“I realize that there are some sensitivities that talk about money and know what people spend on things,” says Zlotwitz. “So it is not certain that it is not something that I will do later to a friend, but he lives free of rent at the back of my mind.”
Regardless, some believe that this behavior is within the limits of the new social contract caused by the information age: I can learn anything I want about you, and you can learn anything you want about me – we will not talk about it. One person likened to examined people before the first date.
As my sister, the owner of the house and the thirsty Zillow user, told me when I mentioned this story, “I expect everyone who enters my house will know how much I bought.”
