Re: Not always joking, it seems

In article <1hfrr3lmbdqoifek02akggk9vg717cdt7i@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Tim Merrigan  <tppm@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>Need a definition of terms.  What constitutes a "home"?
>
>IME here in the US that term generally means a free standing house
>owned by the tenants.

In my experience, it's the place where someone lives.  Owner****p is
unspecified (might be owned or rented or a co-op).

>  Your flat, which you, contradictorily for US
>terminology, referred to upthread as an apartment and indicated you
>owned.  Here that would make it a condominium unit rather than an
>apartment, which are rented.

"Co-op apartments" and "condo apartments" exist.  Apartments are
individual units in large buildings; the form of owner****p varies.

>  Also, IIUC condos aren't included in
>"homeowner" statistics.

They certainly are for tax purposes.  (My condo has a "homestead"
characterization, available only to homeowners who reside there.)

Seth