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If you don't have a home now you soon won't be able to buy one for a very long time.
The cost of housing in my city, relative to median wages, is the highest it's been since interest rates were 18%+, and it ain't much better in any major city I can find work.
I think the ship has sailed on that one.
You don’t need shelter snowflake. /s
this thought pushed us to buy this year. Some instantly started mocking us for buying while rates are 6% - but nothing I can see on the horizon is going to halve rates in the near future.
And if they do by some stroke of luck you can refinance
Yeah, my boyfriend and I are in our mid twenties and still not moved out of his parents' house, but we just made an offer on a house and it was accepted, so fingers crossed.
Shit is already so rough, and yet it doesn't seem like it'll get better. It's a shame, really.
US income distribution is on the same level as Russia.
The two countries: US and Russia.
This is the stuff I think of whenever someone says "America is the land of the free".
We're really not. We're the land of working paycheck-to-paycheck. It's been eight years since we learned that 40,000,000 people can't afford a sudden $400 expense.
It's a shame. This is what's going to get a legit fascist elected in November.
Maybe his supposed super cities with VTOL, and affordable housing become a thing? LMAO
That means you would need a $9.61 per hour raise @40 hours a week, 52 weeks a year to get $20,000 before taxes.
Good luck getting 40 hours a week
My yearly income is US$10k. It's insane.
In the meantime, our far-right US Supreme Court is on the verge of allowing cities to criminalize homelessness.
Wrong. The far right is suggesting it and the mid is allowing it.
this post was submitted on 12 May 2024
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