Setting up a stupid question just to deliver a pun as a punchline is 100% a dad joke in my book.

I’m interested to hear what you think is required for a joke to be a dad joke.

It seems like it was a situation where everyone felt like they got a good deal and nobody felt taken advantage of. He gave them a better deal than they were going to find anywhere else.

To me, it doesn’t sound like he was exploiting his friends.

Dad jokes are classically built around puns, as is the case here.

Setting up context doesn’t make this a knock knock joke.

I agree with your sentement but sometimes places become gentrified and the original inhabitants can no longer afford to live there.

I’m not saying that it’s good or the way things should be but it is a reality.

If his math is right, and assuming that his property tax is about 1-2% of his home’s value per year, then the value of his home has increased about 15-30x the original value.

Its hard to be sympathetic.