• SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee
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    9 days ago

    It’s most likely that people won’t have a choice. Many people, anyway, from what I understand of USian wages and cost of living.

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        8 days ago

        Lower cost of living areas pay lower wages though, so unless you remote work a high paying job or commute, the numbers are lower but the ratios are the same.

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          8 days ago

          No, that’s not necessarily true at all. Nor is the concept unique to America. Plenty of smaller cities that aren’t NY, LA, etc. I live in one.

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      9 days ago

      I’m not talking about rent, I’m talking about the massive credit card and loan debt that has propped up millions of folks trying to live a lifestyle they can’t really afford. In the US, it’s incredibly common for folks to just take on debt for stupid shit, like a jacked up truck they only ever use to drive to the grocery store.

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        8 days ago

        Groceries.

        The debt is for groceries.

        Super wealthy people portray it like you just did, but what you said isn’t accurate.

        People are putting basic necessities on credit cards now.

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        8 days ago

        I haven’t mentioned rent, I’ve mentioned cost of living …which includes rent, as well as shopping bills, gas and electric, car payments, clothes, holidays.

        My point was the people not be able to pay credit card debt.

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          8 days ago

          For that dept you could just move to a non fucked up country and get citizenship there.

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            8 days ago

            Ah shit it’s so simple to relocate. Just sell everything you own, cut ties with everyone you know, and move to a country that just offers citizenship to anyone that asks.

            I don’t know why everyone hasn’t done that already.