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[–] 104 points 11 months ago (14 children)

Rent is like 50% of my income currently and I'm trapped because nowhere charges less for the same space and I don't qualify for rentals without a guarantor that I no longer have. At this age, my parents were in their 3rd house on a single income with 3 kids.

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  • [–] 48 points 11 months ago (10 children)

    The wealthy really fucked us over, hey. They're scum for what they did.

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  • [+] -12 points 11 months ago (5 children)
  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child)

    Spare us the civility horseshit. Their nature? The level of organized greed and cruelty that is being inflicted on the world is NOT natural. It is abnormal and it is evil. The "edge to win" means they had a rich white mommy and daddy who also had a rich white mommy and daddy.

    And "some regulations" and "fair tax" aren't going to fix shit. Social capitalism? What the holy fuck is that? The winning entry in an oxymoron contest? Fuck off liberal.

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  • [–] 0 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    An child rapist is also just dealing with their nature.

    Putting them in a wood chipper is fair to them, we just need to regulate which children they are allowed to rape.

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  • [–] -1 points 11 months ago

    The wealthy do what the wealthy do, voters in their millions enable them.

    Up to now you have believed in the existence of tyrants. Well, you were mistaken. There are only slaves. Where none obeys, none commands. -- Anselme Bellagarrigue

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago* (2 children)

    Same and I live in what would be considered a rural state. We don't have any big cities and a studio apartment would cost me about $1500 a month about 50 miles outside our biggest city and $1800+ within 50 miles of Portland Maine which is our biggest city. This shit is out of control. Our wages are more in line with a rural state, but our rent prices are near what you'd expect in a bigger city.

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago* (1 child)

    that's because your real estate is bought up by people like me with 150K salaries who think your 1800 rent is dirt cheap. In Boston a studio is over 3K now.

    i know people who moved to Maine to find cheaper housing because none is available in Boston area. and the people who live in Boston fight any/all development to expand the housing supply, including renters. like i have friends who rent, who pay 3K a month, and then go to town meetings to fight new housing developments, and then complain went there rent goes up another 10%

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

    Exactly, I make a fraction of what you make and I could never afford to buy a house anywhere. Back when I first started renting 16 years ago, my friend and I rented a 2 bedroom place for $450 a month and now a studio is 4 times that in rural states.

    The owner of the place I currently rent has surprised us with a Christmas notice that she's selling the place and we have to leave by April. We can't afford anywhere near here so we'll have to move very far north and our commutes will at least double. Maybe triple. Locals are getting forced out of places they've lived their whole lives. This shit is fucked up. People are too damn greedy and selfish.

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