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Sorry to hear that this year has been that bad for you. I don't think your math works though. First off we were talking about individual life choices, living
by admax88q 6y ago
Sorry to hear that this year has been that bad for you.
I don't think your math works though. First off we were talking about individual life choices, living small in a big city and paying to rent services/tools as you need them rather than living on a larger property, owning most of the tools/services you need. This isn't a one time cost, its not spend twice as much in 2019 for a normal 2020, its spend twice as much _every year_ in case a 2020 happens.
As for the covid impact, the US GDP was $21T in 2019, there's no way the economic impact in the US is 75% of last years GDP. That's like a civilization collapse level of recession. Lots of business seem to be doing fine, lot's of people are back to work.
- landryraccoon 6y agoIt seems to me that renting a home isn't half the price of buying one, and taking an Uber every day can add up very quickly as well. I really doubt that's half as much cost as owning a car as well.
- admax88q 6y agoThis isn't about renting vs buying, its about living big and private or small and public. Renting/buying a small home and using public spaces like parks and transit/walking, or renting/buying a large home with your own yard, buying your own car, etc. The large home will serve you much better in a pandemic, cause many of those public options will be closed, but is that worth paying for when a pandemic will happen maybe once or twice in your lifetime?