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ted (not lasso)
@ted
potentially dumb question but can someone explain the logic of “subletting” your apartment out for 2 weeks while you’re on vacation? like is rent really that high or are people really that cash strapped or what?
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erica
@heavygweit
people are broke af dude and rent is hella expensive sometimes you can rent your place for 2 weeks for the price of a full month normally and if you’re traveling you’re likely paying for accommodation there too so ”double rent”
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ted (not lasso)
@ted
why live in such an expensive place (apartment or city) then?
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erica
@heavygweit
a large majority of the population is spending over 50% of their income on rent, “expensive” is a relative term and people might not have a choice of where they live because of job, family, or other obligations/life situations why doesn’t everyone in NYC just move to New Jersey or outside of Manhattan/brooklyn? rent there is ridiculously, disgustingly high with people paying over $1,000 for a literal closet how would you respond if you lost your source of income and could no longer afford to live in Venice or Southern California, and you couldn’t move in with friends or family? would you be happy and content with having to move to a rural area where you don’t know anyone just so you can have more affordable rent?
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ted (not lasso)
@ted
yes, i would move to an affordable town and find new friends and make the most of it and would even try that today with or without my job fwiw my observation is that the people subletting are mostly living alone in beautiful apartments in expensive cities, and not those that are living in closet-sized apartments
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erica
@heavygweit
if you’re only talking about the super bougie apartments then none of my stuff applies lmao that’s clearly people living past their means so they can flaunt it on social media. or folks who are very status symbol oriented. or maybe people who are wealthy but insanely money conscious and cheap. if it’s just a normal looking apartment then all of my rant applies hahah
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ted (not lasso)
@ted
yes, we are aligned. fwiw i spent a summer splitting a room (not a house) with people when i lived in boston doing cancer research because i was getting paid next to nothing. that's not the situation i'm referencing. i'm referencing the 1 bedroom skyline view apartment with CB2 decor :)
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