My salary didn’t change at all, but homes went up 82%. The money I saved for a down payment and my salary no longer are good enough for this home and many others. This ain’t even a “good” home either. It was a 200k meh average ok home before. Now it’s simply unaffordable

  • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techEnglish
    39·
    18 days ago

    Can confirme. I stopped drinking Starbucks and now I own a 50 acre plot with a 6 bedroom house on it. If only I would have listened to their Facebook comments sooner, I could have afforded that private jet too. Edit: Apparently sarcasm is lost on a few. So for explicitness - /s

    • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
      51·
      18 days ago

      With the Star bucks prices you might as well by a house. Damn they are expensive. People spend like $10 on coffee

      • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techEnglish
        6·
        18 days ago

        I honestly just started going to my own local coffee joint. What used to be expensive for something like a cappuccino (like 7 bucks) is now cheaper than starbucks. Plus I help a small business.