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The rent is too damn high (lemmy.zip)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 50 points 1 year ago (1 children)

33% of your income is still too fucking much for rent

[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

My parents' mortgage in the 1980's was about 15% of our household income. Only my dad worked. It was a house large enough for a few kids, a home office, a guest bedroom, and a big basement entertainment room.