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Terrible Estate Agent Photos

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[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 141 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I literally pay $100 more to live in a much shittier garage than this...

Rent is getting absolutely disgusting. I was JUST getting a promotion that would allow me to afford a house and then COVID fucked literally everything... The WFH movement started in full swing and bye bye affordable housing... Now I'm permanently locked out of the housing market as a blue collar piece of shit.

[–] pizza_rolls@kbin.social 44 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The rate of increase is mind blowing. I used to rent a 1br luxury apartment for $1100 back in 2016.

[–] such_fifty_bucks@lemmy.one 45 points 1 year ago

Good thing wages are also inflating to keep up with these ridiculous price increases. Oh, wait...

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

We rented a sizable 2-bedroom apartment in a good area of North Hollywood, CA's arts district for $1200 a month 10 years ago. I don't even want to know how much it's going for now.

[–] goomby69@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

About 15 years ago, we had 1200 sq ft apartment with a nice deck that overlooked some woods and ponds at the bottom of the hill. It was $800 a month and we afforded it just fine. Now, I make almost double what I made then, and we live in a 900 sq ft apartment that stares down into a parking lot, has creaky floors, barely functioning appliances, and we pay $2000. The old apartment was $5.2k a month last time I checked (early 2022).

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Where was this?

[–] RatMaster@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago

They probably renovated to split it into 2 tiny apartments that they rent for double or triple the price each.

My cousin has a rent-controlled studio apartment in LA that he pays something like $900 a month for. I didn't even know rent control was a thing anywhere in LA but apparently it is and his rent can only go up 2% or so a year. The only negative is that he's basically stuck in this little place for the rest of his life.

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago

Man my fucking mortgage is only a couple hundred higher

[–] NikkiNikkiNikki@kbin.social 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Same here, me and my GF make enough money now to afford housing 3 years ago, but now we're priced out of even renting! it's bullshit.

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's so gross that we literally need 2 incomes, sometimes more just to afford a place to sleep... I'm perpetually single so I need to do it all solo. Good luck I hope you guys find something soon!

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Gas station attendants could afford houses while their wives stayed at home and did the housework. That's how ridiculous it's gotten.

[–] Braysl@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago
[–] Karnickel@lemmynsfw.com 22 points 1 year ago (3 children)

In Switzerland I could kill someone and have a better living arrangement than in this picture (look up swiss prisons)

I pay 1k for roughly 740 square feet / 69 m2. Covid didn't change anything. It's wild that things can be so vastly different for two similary rich countries (I kinda assume the post is in the USA).

[–] prayer@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I might have to commit a crime in Switzerland. Is criminal tourism such a thing?

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Blaze that trail!

[–] Lev_Astov@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This varies widely across the US. Some areas are like this while others have booming economies with plenty of housing. It's a big place.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Where are these magical areas?

[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

It's always good to have a backup plan.

[–] DrQuint@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm confused. The WFH movement should be flushing people AWAY from city centers, which should mean less pressure in already expensive areas. That's something that should make affordable housing more common.

[–] Tavarin@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Those people go move to the small towns with limited housing, and jack up the prices there. Happened in Ontario, houses are passing a million dollars over an hour away from Toronto, when those houses used to go in the low hundred thousands.

[–] Braysl@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Can confirm, Hamiltonian here who witnessed the influx of Torontonians fleeing the big city and taking up our suburbs.

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 5 points 1 year ago

It's the opposite for everyone who doesn't live in a city. Long Island NY is already expensive on a regular day, all the people leaving NYC for the suburbs drove prices through the roof. It's a similar story in places outside of cities all over the country.