Former President Jimmy Carter spent his last 43 years living in a $167,000 house—less expensive than the Secret Service vehicles outside

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  1. After leaving the White House in 1981, former President Jimmy Carter spent his next 43 years living in a much more modest abode.

    Carter, the nation’s 39th president, [died on December 29. 2024](https://www.cnbc.com/video/2024/12/30/jimmy-carter-dies-at-age-100.html), at age 100 — the first U.S. president to ever reach his centennial birthday. Carter’s funeral will be held at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. on January 9, and President Joe Biden [has declared it a day of mourning](https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/30/nyse-to-close-on-january-9-in-honor-of-former-president-jimmy-carter.html) for the nation.

    By all accounts, [Carter lived a fairly normal and frugal life](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/national/wp/2018/08/17/feature/the-un-celebrity-president-jimmy-carter-shuns-riches-lives-modestly-in-his-georgia-hometown/?utm_term=.9b4d1a640fbc) until his death. He [passed away](https://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-news/residents-of-plains-georgia-share-their-encounters-with-jimmy-carter/OY5NXYQFDNB6HK76O7YT3237XA/) in the ranch house he built himself in 1961, and will [reportedly](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-live-jimmy-carter-funeral-events) be buried on the property next to his late wife, Rosalynn, who died in 2023.

    The home, in rural Plains, Georgia — about a two-and-a-half hour drive south from Atlanta — is a two-bedroom ranch most recently assessed at just $167,066, according to public property records. That is “less than the value of the armored Secret Service vehicles parked outside,” the Washington Post reported in 2018.

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  2. the notable parallel here is that nearly every US congressional rep in the 21st century is a rich bitch…………..whom would intentionally harm the standards of living for anyone / everyone living in places like Plains, GA

  3. Probably paid 167k, likely priced at 2million today.

  4. People complain about Congress buying stocks, nepotism of Trump & Biden families, claim bothsides are the same, and all that yet voting habits show the majority doesn’t care.

    Carter was plainly one of the most honest and ethical people to ever serve. Yet was totally rejected by voters and to this day his time in office is ridiculed. Voters get what they deserve and clearly we don’t deserve great people like Carter.

  5. Decent people weren’t meant to lead in government. There’s too many trade offs you have to make, and if you try splitting the difference you end up ineffectual. That’s the nature of it. He thought to restore decency to the WH, but realized too late that decency was never part of the equation. It’s part of being human, but only a very small part of being a pol.

  7. Location, location, location!

    Also, fact checking: It’s a large but dated ranch house that would probably actually be worth a quarter million or so if it weren’t for the Carter history (county assessments are rarely accurate). Also it’s a 4-bedroom, not a 2-bedroom (though maybe a couple bedrooms were repurposed?).

    [https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/209-Woodland-Dr-Plains-GA-31780/243305633_zpid/](https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/209-Woodland-Dr-Plains-GA-31780/243305633_zpid/)

    [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_and_Rosalynn_Carter_House](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_and_Rosalynn_Carter_House)

  8. I really will never understand why he was ever President. It just seems very out of character for him and he was objectively terrible at it.

    Great human beings should never enter politics.

  9. if there’s a more clear cut case of government overspending, i haven’t seen it

  10. That’s just the assessed value, for tax purposes, but the article also mentions the Zillow estimate is only $239,700.

  11. I feel like there is a happy middle. $167k seems like an unnecessarily ascetic life.

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