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Sanctus
lemmy.world

If you don't have a home now you soon won't be able to buy one for a very long time.

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tootoughtorememberreply
lemmy.world

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.

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funkless_eckreply
sh.itjust.works

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.

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Atlasreply
lemmy.world

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.

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Dreizehn
kbin.social

US income distribution is on the same level as Russia.

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FlashMobOfOne
lemmy.world

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.

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buzz86usreply
lemmy.world

Maybe his supposed super cities with VTOL, and affordable housing become a thing? LMAO

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Zier
fedia.io

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.

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UckyBonreply
lemmy.world

Wrong. The far right is suggesting it and the mid is allowing it.

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