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Location: Live:Downtown Phoenix, AZ/Work:Greater Los Angeles, CA
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Originally Posted by lifeexplorer
For example?
The same people who refuse to upzone residential areas allowing for taller buildings, they are NIMBY conservatives; and it's all in the name of using owned residential property as a piggy bank
Most of the world isn't the US; most of the world doesn't have nearly as high a COL as the US. $1,200/month, which is less than $1k take home is bupkus. I make that in one week (yes, I work FYI)
You haven’t been out much, have you? Many places have higher cost of living but most people choose to live without their means.
Location: Live:Downtown Phoenix, AZ/Work:Greater Los Angeles, CA
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How does this answer my question?
Point being is your $900/month living in a $500/month apartment with a roommate can't always work. You can't even get an apartment for $500/month here anymore (you could 6 years ago, but things have changed)
It's reality. If you find it "sickening," perhaps you should be changing the fact that the US currently subsidizes the growth of the welfare-dependent class to the detriment of everyone else.
The caterization is the cauterization of . . .
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