Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoStudy: Half of Renters Paid Unaffordable Rates in 2022, a Record Hightruthout.orgexternal-linkmessage-square86fedilinkarrow-up1232arrow-down13
arrow-up1229arrow-down1external-linkStudy: Half of Renters Paid Unaffordable Rates in 2022, a Record Hightruthout.orgLee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square86fedilink
minus-squareWeeSheep@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up22arrow-down1·9 months agoAs opposed to… homelessness??
minus-squareKbobabob@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·9 months agoNo, no, no. Just pull yourself up by your bootstraps and buy a house
minus-squaremaness300@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down15·9 months agoAs opposed to living somewhere cheaper. Most of you feel entitled to live in major cities.
minus-squareGood_morning@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·9 months agoWhen I find a fully remote job I’ll consider somewhere with a lower cost of living.
minus-squareGentlemanLoser@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down2·9 months agoHey genius, if everyone moved to your shitty little town the rents would be unaffordable there, too
minus-squaremaness300@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·9 months agoEveryone isn’t moving to my town, but if they did it would also be more attractive and create another place that people like you would like to live. The key is to spread out. Create more supply to satisfy demand. But you don’t want to do that because you feel entitled to live where you can’t afford.
minus-squareChemicalPilgrim@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·9 months agoYeah, we want to live where its desirable to live, not at even intervals across all the available land so you have to travel 90 miles to get groceries. Room temp IQ
minus-squaremaness300@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·9 months agoThen you have to pay more. Supply and demand. Why is this so difficult for you to comprehend?
As opposed to… homelessness??
No, no, no. Just pull yourself up by your bootstraps and buy a house
As opposed to living somewhere cheaper.
Most of you feel entitled to live in major cities.
When I find a fully remote job I’ll consider somewhere with a lower cost of living.
Hey genius, if everyone moved to your shitty little town the rents would be unaffordable there, too
Everyone isn’t moving to my town, but if they did it would also be more attractive and create another place that people like you would like to live.
The key is to spread out. Create more supply to satisfy demand.
But you don’t want to do that because you feel entitled to live where you can’t afford.
Yeah, we want to live where its desirable to live, not at even intervals across all the available land so you have to travel 90 miles to get groceries. Room temp IQ
Then you have to pay more.
Supply and demand.
Why is this so difficult for you to comprehend?