/biz/ - Business & Finance

>>50570847

i make slightly more than you at $55k, i live in NYC and my rent is $1030 + $80‐$100 in utilities (sharing with roomies ). but we have a backyard and basement, FIOS, only occasional pest. granted i have no family but you have to find a place that's cheaper. i moved around a lot until i found my current place and stayed an average of 1.5 years the past 6 years or so. spent a good 2-3 years living with parents before that.

i want to say i lucked out but if you keep making the effort to move you'll find a place. i'm living near the hood (brownville) but police make patrols often enough on my street. it's so peaceful and quiet, it feels like i retired. i'm actually really bored, i'm used to more rowdy places and room mates.

i spent a significant part of my life being rentpoor (incl. chuldhood), and just constantly reducing spending and looking for better places to live. i've seen a lot of people barely putting effort into aligning their lifestyles to fit their incomes. bruh, landlords are scum but you're also lazy and hooked on instant gratification coomsuming. maybe i'm just old and bitter but i find it hard to sympathize with 99% of people that exist to coomsume and bitch and moan about cost of living.