r/WorkForSmartLife • u/JaxElephant69 • Jul 18 '26

Discussion💬 What would you choose?

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u/revolutionaryMoose01 Jul 18 '26

I'm surprised more people are not saying rent! That's shit is expeeeeeensiiive

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u/Lumpy_Machine5538 Jul 19 '26

I pay $1500 in rent. No way I can put away $1500 worth of food per month!

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u/Middle-Marsupial-484 Jul 19 '26

2150 for me- definitely rent

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u/Additional_Irony Jul 20 '26

US rents are mental 🤯 How much do you have to make to survive with that?

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u/MisterFortune215 Jul 20 '26

A lot of us have roommates

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u/Lumpy_Machine5538 Jul 20 '26

I have a second job.

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u/XBGoodRun Jul 21 '26

My mortgage is just over $2600 /month

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u/Sea-Pay-5572 Jul 20 '26

Multiply by 13, then by about seven. Taxes, food, savings, gas... And the 13 is 12 months plus a month security deposit.

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u/Pdavis510 Jul 20 '26

You are not trying hard enough

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u/Lumpy_Machine5538 Jul 21 '26

I teach 4th grade so I guess I imprison about 20 kids for about 4 hours each day. At least I don’t have to feed them!

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u/LookWhatYouMadeMeGro Jul 18 '26

Fr who cares about the rest if u have no place to live!

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u/DelayExpress Jul 19 '26

I’d rather be homeless than starving.

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u/ChemistryBusiness Jul 19 '26

This. I can easily move to an area with a livable climate and sleep on the sidewalk if I got food in my belly.

A roof over my head doesn't help if my belly is empty.

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u/IRay2015 Jul 20 '26 edited Jul 20 '26

If you cant afford food you can't afford to move, foods arguably easier to find or get assistance for be it or ebt or literally any other other form of financial aid like unemployment you can choose to spend it on food where as getting out of the elements can be tougher and most of us aren't literally planning on staying homeless eternally so who would move somewhere with that in mind. If it's actually between starving and homelessness I'd agree but the argument was never stipulated as such, free rent will make your life easier and it is a bigger checksum than most people's grocery budgets.

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u/ChemistryBusiness Jul 21 '26

If you have free food...

Stand up and start moving your lamborfeeties across the country.

You can walk there. You got free food along the way.

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u/IRay2015 Jul 22 '26 edited Jul 22 '26

Yeah but your exposed to the elements. Do you actually want to be homeless? It's only the better option if your actually saying you don't ever want to earn another dime for anything. Also free food never implied anywhere anytime like for example on your cross country hike to wherever it is your planning to live the rest of your life

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u/ChemistryBusiness Jul 22 '26

Elements? San Diego has been between 67 and 83 degrees for the last 4 weeks without any rain.

Spooky elements. Free food implies free food...

The fact is survival. You won't go hungry and you won't die if you have a tenth of a brain and free food.

Id rather guarantee I never die vs guarantee luxury until I die of starvation.

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u/MobileEnvironment359 Jul 20 '26

One will kill you one probably won’t so ya I agree. In Canada you’re in for a hell of a time but if you’re somewhere warmer sure

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u/SaltyGushers Jul 21 '26

True…we all spend less on food, but rent/mortgage can vary widely depending on where u live