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ButterflyEffect  ·  3179 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Renting in America Has Never Been This Expensive

This generation:

"I can't afford a down payment on a house because I'm tied up paying student loans and car payments and my rent."

"I don't want a house right now because of how fluid the job market is and the possibility of moving multiple times in 1-5 years so I'm going to rent an apartment instead."

"I can barely afford an apartment without roommates because the rent keeps going up because demand keeps going up because of items 1 and 2 above."

"I can't afford to pay more towards my debt because I'm paying so much towards my rent / vice versa."

"Well why don't you move somewhere else? Because jobs might not be available or I don't want to live in some shit area that will make me miserable or it results in a crazy commute."

Are we fucked? Because it feels like we're fucked.