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[–] Tuuktuuk@sopuli.xyz 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

If you have a reason to believe you might be living off your savings for the next two years, you will want to maximize your savings. If you have paid enough of your house to buy the smaller and more remote one with cash, then that's what you should do.

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 0 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Agreed. But now you’re making your own host of assumptions. We know nothing about this person. We don’t even know how old they are.

Most people do not sell their homes the moment they are laid off.