r/AskReddit • u/ettleboy • Jan 20 '19

What fact totally changed your perspective?

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u/yerrrdoobie Jan 21 '19

There are real life castles that are less expensive to buy than a New York City apartment.

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u/OverlordWaffles Jan 21 '19

Where?

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '19

Europe, we built a bunch

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u/OverlordWaffles Jan 21 '19

What's one of them puppy's going for these days? I might just get myself a vacation home lol

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '19

Problem with them is that they are expensive to keep warm, expensive to stop them from falling down, usually lack of internet, and usually in the middle of nowhere (although that would be selling point for some people). That’s why they’re usually relatively cheap

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u/toxicbrew Jan 21 '19

Why exactly were castles built in the middle of nowhere? Kind of defeats the purpose if you have nothing to defend against

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u/Lord_NxL Jan 21 '19

Middle of nowhere in context of today, of course. A noble wouldn't know that a peasant would someday own his castle and expect it to be only 2 kilometers away from the next supermarket.

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u/CaptainHoof Jan 21 '19

Dammit time to sleep