• interceder270@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      I mean, you live in a major city so yeah.

      You’re probably never going to leave major cities, nor are you ever going to own property in them.

      Yeah. You convinced yourself to rent.

      • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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        11 months ago

        I live in rural Iowa wtf are you talking about? We rent out here too!

        I actually am paying off my trailer, though, so someday I could maybe put this on a piece of rural property somewhere and do remote work or something? But like, I never chose this shit - I just stayed where I grew up and got a factory job when my neurosis and undiagnosed dysphoria caused me to flunk out of college. I guess I could go squat in the woods though lol

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        11 months ago

        Its pretty insane we don’t invest in our cities anymore when they’re the powerhouse of the economy. Not to mention they’re a way better use of land than suburbs and rural living. You can find affordable places in Tokyo and so many other cities worldwide that dwarf ours in almost every metric. Cities really aren’t the problem, they are actually the potential solution if we change our policies around them and attempt to catch up with countries like Japan.