A Boring Dystopia

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Nearly half of US renters spend more than 30% of their income on housing costs (www.cnn.com)

submitted 1 month ago by return2ozma to c/aboringdystopia

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[–] Nuke_the_whales 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm in Canada, I currently am lucky enough to have a job that includes housing. If I didn't, 100% of my paycheck would go to rent and I'd still be short. I am not kidding. A full time job at $4 above minimum wage, still won't get you enough to rent in my city.

I'm surprised we haven't started building guillotines yet

[–] roofuskit -2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But you don't have to live in Vancouver.

[–] assassinatedbyCIA 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

‘But you don’t have to live in the place where the jobs are’

[–] roofuskit 0 points 1 month ago

It was a joke about how it's gotta be Vancouver.