• glimse@lemmy.world
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    I rented a 3-bedroom apartment in the early 2010s for $1250 with some friends. I just checked and similar apartments in that neighborhood are $2500-3900 now

    I agree that renting alone wasn’t an option for our generations but it’s become even worse. Pay has not kept up with housing costs at all

    [Edit] I just checked and $1250 in 2010 has the same value has $1,775.54 now

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      Man one my first apartments in 2001 was 360 a month for one bedroom. This was in a small town Texas.

      Today same rent is 1300 plus. That fucking nuts and doest jive with inflation.

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          Yeah exactly. I paid way to much compared to what I made I later moved to a cheaper place. I made 6.76 an hour and had my own place. Today minimum wage is 7.25 and rent is over 1000.

          Our country is fucked.