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men have nothing if not the audacity

I feel like a good shorthand for a lot of economics arguments is "if you want people to work minimum wage jobs in your city, you need to allow minimum wage apartments for them to live in."

"These jobs are just for teenagers on the weekends." Okay, so you'll use minimum wage services only on the weekends and after school. No McDonald's or Starbucks on your lunch break.

"They can get a roommate." For a one bedroom? A roommate for a one bedroom? Or a studio? Do you have a roommate to get a middle-wage apartment for your middle-wage job? No? Why should they?

"They can live farther from city center and just commute." Are there ways for them to commute that don't equate to that rent? Living in an outer borough might work in NYC, where public transport is a flat rate, but a city in Texas requires a car. Does the money saved in rent equal the money spent on the car loan, the insurance, the gas? Remember, if you want people to take the bus or a bike, the bus needs to be reliable and the bike lanes survivable.

If you want minimum wage workers to be around for you to rely on, then those minimum wage workers need a place to stay.

You either raise the minimum wage, or you drop the rent. There's only so long you can keep rents high and wages low before your workforce leaves for cheaper pastures.

"Nobody wants to work anymore" doesn't hold water if the reason nobody applies is because the commute is impossible at the wage you provide.

i wonder if one day i will stop thinking about you, if there will come a time that my stomach doesn’t drop at the mention of your name

maybe we could’ve stayed friends in another lifetime

update on my insane roommate: she has now fallen asleep with a candle burning TWICE

let’s see how many times i have to remind my GROWN roommate to flush the toilet during this lease cuz we are ALREADY at 7 not even two months in

does anyone have any tips on living with a roommate they CANNOT stand

i just signed on another year lease because i can’t afford to live on my own but this girl is getting worse every day

maybe if i dissociate far enough i won’t feel anything

my partner just moved into their grad school apartment 4.5 hours away from me and one of my roommates and best friends just told me that they’re moving out early and it’s actually their last day in our apartment

i feel like all my people are slowly leaving me and doing great amazing things and i’m just left behind

long distance is actually hell and i swore to myself that i’d never do this again and this one is worth it but holy fUCK it hurt so much and i just want it to stop

i want my person here with me

not me crying cuz i feel like i binged today when i had a completely normal day of eating

i’m so scared i’m gonna gain weight back i wish i didn’t get hunger headaches

so just to update everyone

he apparently also likes me so yay! let’s hope i don’t self sabotage this for myself

DEAR GOD I LIKE THIS STUPID WHITE BOY SO MUCH IM GONNA LOSE IT

Why can he not be a normal human being and let me know where he’s at so I don’t have to play this fucking guessing game and potentially get my heart broken holy FUCK

as the days go on the more comfortable i get with the idea that i’ve fallen for you and that i can get horribly hurt in this process

unfortunately the more that happens the more my own brain tries to convince me that there’s a chance that you could like me back and that’s how i’m gonna get fucked

lol anyone know how to stop liking people asking for a friend

you ever can’t be alone but there’s no one you can be around that you’re that comfortable with so you’re forced to be alone

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

all of my friends are so sad

i wish i could take their pain away and feel it for myself so they could all be happy again

there’s not much i can do except listen to them most times and i feel like i can never do enough

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