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About 7 years ago I rented a two story four bedroom house in the city centre. It was a 5 minute drive to work. I used to ride my bike to work in about ten minutes.
Now I live in peak urban sprawl 60km from the city. Just over an hour drive away if there's no traffic on the freeway (good luck with that). I'm paying literally twice as much rent for a smaller house. Both were built around the same time and have the same sized yard.
My mum used to rent in the same suburb when she was in her 20s (in the 80s) and it was 15% of the rent of the cheaper house I was in. My dad told me how much he earned once when I was like 12, so around 2006. I have never earned more than that despite being promoted constantly at every job, and being in management ~20 years later.
All that to say, shits fucked and the swamp is expensive too.