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Guy From the Burbs
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Guy From the Burbs
@SomeTxSignGuy
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Texas, USA Katılım Temmuz 2022
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@SomeTxSignGuy @Rich_Charts @ljmontello If he stops being a data guy for a hot second and saying that cheap housing is possible and actually come out here, and understand the economics of how Midwesterners live and have to find housing, then it would make sense to him.
But, bruh, you calling him an “OG”?
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You shouldn't be priced out of housing until middle age in the richest country of the most prosperous empire in human history.
Demand better.
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@ljmontello I am GENX and could not by my first home until age 42. What’s your point?
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@BillWiIdin I am 47 years old and I have met maybe one person, ever, who wanted to rent. Nobody wants to rent. You do need to save 20% down on a mortgage. Luckily for me, 20% down on $150K 10 years ago was way easier than what I see today, which is 20% down on $400. You sound cold as hell.
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Guy From the Burbs retweetledi
The American dream did not die because millennials bought coffee.
It died because housing, healthcare, childcare, education, and debt all ate the same paycheck.
But sure, tell me more about avocado toast.
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@RHS76 @Rich_Charts @ljmontello I am well aware of those places. A crackhouse on the east side of Austin will go for $500K. The OP was talking about how one can find cheap housing in the the south and Midwest. I am saying those homes are cheap for a reason and they are guaranteed not in a city over 100K people.
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@SomeTxSignGuy @Rich_Charts @ljmontello No it’s not most of the time.
There are smaller places where there are few opportunities and housing isn’t cheap, especially in distressed neighborhoods where flipping houses and gentrification has seeped in like a sponge.
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@ATXVideos I am believe that we are the weird ones for wanting nice things. The general populous of Austin LOVES disarray and crime. It sounds like a ridiculous statement but Austinites keep voting for all of this and THEN get bent out of shape when you talk about said disarray and crime.
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Looks like these fliers are being printed out by the Homeless Industrial Complex.
So our taxes are being used to print messages to shame us, for <checks notes> being opposed to people setting up Tent Towns and sleeping in Ditches. 🤔
Austin Videos@ATXVideos
Creek Bed and Tent Town, West Anderson Lane.
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The amount of rage bait going on right now is off the charts. Is everyone really that hammered already?
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In the 80s&90s, Al Bundy was considered fat and poor. Let that sink in.
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@Rich_Charts @ljmontello Cheap housing usually equates to a place with few employment opportunities or low wages, hence the housing is cheap.
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@ljmontello your not, there are houses in the midwest and south that are dirt cheap
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@squirrelpalooza @optimatessuck @Warnjac China was a weak and starving nation until their government allowed for special economic development zones which would allow for free trade and development, you know, they went half capitalist. This developed a powerful middle class and the powerhouse of China we see today.
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… and Boomers did not have subscriptions! We had rent or mortgage and the light bill. How much are these “kids” spending a month on subscriptions, mostly related to entertainment (TV, phone, music, gambling, etc).
Sandy Tregent@SandyofSuffolk
Just so you know. Boomers didn't have fast food. Except fish and chips. Boomers didn't have ready meals. Except Vesta beef curry. Look it up. Boomers didn't have colour TVs, front loading washing machines, central heating or holidays abroad. Boomers didn't have babymoons or baby showers nor did they go on stag or hen weekends. Boomers didn't go to restaurants. Except on birthdays. Boomers didn't have new clothes every year, every season. They made do and mended. But Boomers had a fabulous time in the 1960s to 1980s because people were friendly, respectful, dignified and hardworking. Boomers also had law and order and a judiciary who punished ALL criminals. Boomers were happy with their lot. Yes. I'm a Boomer. Just so you know.
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@squirrelpalooza @optimatessuck @Warnjac I am intellectually bankrupt? Name one communist country that was successful?
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@SomeTxSignGuy @optimatessuck @Warnjac You have zero understanding how capitalism)idm works, you shouldn't even be commenting on the conditions of the working class in late stage capitalism. You're too intellectually bankrupt and compromised.
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@LMJofficially Mission, Texas is basically Mexico. Try finding those in Austin.
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"Every home is 1.6 million!"
No
You're a fucking entitled brat
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I have no idea why young people are worried about the economy. We, as a society, let dorks like this have power in this world and for what reason?
Disclose.tv@disclosetv
NOW - Anthropic co-founder says there is a "real possibility that AI will displace human labor at a very large scale," and that supporting those people "will be a moral imperative of historic proportions."
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I don't want to hear about pulling up boot straps and such b.s. when people like this, in this position in life, are saying such things. The current system needs a fix.
Megatron@Megatron_ron
NEW: 🇺🇸 The CEO of BlackRock, Larry Fink, says ordinary people’s savings accounts and pension funds, worth trillions of dollars will be used to build data centers and power grids for AI He says that people will be forced to invest in it “Much of this will come from savings accounts and pension accounts.”
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@AmericanFemnst This was my experience as well and my parents were not well off. This was me working after school or on weekends. My early career life was very similar into the early 2000's. Some of these posts you would think they were Oliver Twist asking for more gruel.
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When I was a teenager in the 90s, everyone had a car and we “cruised” for fun and never worried about gas. We ate fast food and went on dates at restaurants multiple times a week. We went to concerts and raves and bought name brand clothing at the mall. We worked part time and always had extra money. Our parents owned nice houses, worked ordinary jobs, and took us on vacation at least once a year. I feel sorry for Gen Z and Gen Alpha.
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@SomeTxSignGuy @MyEyesBlink @NolteNC 1) Costco beers come close to that price, and many of them are way tastier than Coors or similar undrinkable beers like that lol. 2) It is possible not a whole can was used ;-)
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Dear Gen Z:
Cooked my own supper tonight. Two brats ($3.00) boiled in a can of beer ($1.00) and seared on the grill.
Two ears of corn on the cob (66 cents).
Two diced potatoes, fried and seasoned (80 cents).
Bowl of vanilla yogurt (60 cents).
Glass of milk (30 cents).
Total: $6.36
You idiots spent more at Starbucks this morning.
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@SomeTxSignGuy @NolteNC Busch light is $17 for an 18-pack here
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@SomeTxSignGuy @NolteNC Walmart has Budweiser and Coors for a dollar a can. If you want to go cheap they have Miller High Life for .60 a can.
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@MyEyesBlink @NolteNC My point is, Coor Light is a cheap beer and, at least where I live, it is about $15 per 12 pack. That about $1.25 per. Fresh corn on the cob, is about $.068 per ear of corn. I understand the OP's point, but the numbers are still rounded down for effect.
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@SomeTxSignGuy @NolteNC If you buy a case of beer, how much would 1 can be? lol
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@washghost1 This war on nicotine for "health" is odd in nations hell-bent on lowering their own population.
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This accomplishes nothing but creating a black market for them
New York Post@nypost
France bans Zyns and other nicotine pouches - with violators facing 5 years in prison and a shocking fine trib.al/5zR2Slz
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