• batmangrundies@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Yeah thanks for taking the time to post this. So Americans and others can get an idea of just how bad it can get.

    I know why it hasn’t collapsed yet, it’s because folks like me are hanging on. My wife and I moved to a rural location that will never be expensive to rent in. And vetted landlords as best we could.

    So many folks are trying to adapt and kicking the can. But there’s only so much we can stretch. People are already moving back in with their parents, building granny flats out back and so on.

    I was making 90k, but with no generational wealth to back me, I was making just enough to pay rent in a major city, pay my bills and feed myself. Working 13hr days for the priveledge.

    Changing careers and joining a union right now.