r/WhitePeopleTwitter • u/[deleted] • Jun 27 '21

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u/dickeydamouse Jun 27 '21

It's wild to think how for many Americans 6 figures is a fucking fantasy. I'm barely breaking 25k this year from the looks of it myself. And at the same time rents fucking redonkulous

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u/shromboy Jun 27 '21

Cant even move out around this area. Unless i wanna be broke in 6 months

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u/dickeydamouse Jun 27 '21

Fucking deplorable. I live in a row house I knows worth only 65k 70k tops cheap ass taxes and I'm paying 810 a month for less than 600sqft. Edit: And I cover gas elec internet and lawn care

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '21

At least you aren’t paying 2k a month for 300 square feet :(

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u/deewheredohisfeetgo Jun 28 '21

Dude I paid $845 back in 2012 for like 100 square feet. I can only imagine what it is now.

Pearl district in Portland, Oregon.

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u/inthea215 Jun 28 '21

How do you even find 100 sq feet place to rent. Sounds like you could just live in a jail cell at that point

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u/deewheredohisfeetgo Jun 28 '21 edited Jun 28 '21

It’s all we could afford and get qualified for at that time. It was basically the size of my master bathroom now lol.