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A millennial couple who make $250,000 say they can't find a home in their budget: 'We refuse to become house-poor'
(www.businessinsider.com)
this post was submitted on 14 Aug 2024
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Or maybe where their friends and family live? Where their kids have friends and support groups? Maybe where they've lived much of their life and don't want to leave?
The previous poster is just making shit up so they can cast shade. It's sad, really.
Yes, my own lived experience of not needing or wanting things people desire in cities is clearly something I made up.
I suspect you're just deflecting now as that's not what your comment communicated or suggested. You said they're making their decision to stay in Portland because they want to live somewhere fun, something that isn't even suggested in the article.
When you make a statement with no evidence to support it, it's often referred to as "making shit up". If you can cite a reference in the article that explicitly states that they're staying in Portland because they want "fun", I'll eat my words and issue a public apology (edit: as a post, not a comment, on .world for all to see.)
No, I said I'm glad I don't need the "fun" that people keep telling me is why people choose to live in cities. But if you want a citation, here's a quote from the article:
So maybe not "fun" but definitely happiness, which is fun adjacent.