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Inflation is an average. I have relatives whose costs have gone down. If you're not exposed to housing rental, your costs probably haven't risen nearly that muc
by smt88 5y ago
Inflation is an average. I have relatives whose costs have gone down. If you're not exposed to housing rental, your costs probably haven't risen nearly that much.
If you're working remote, try to fix your pay by moving somewhere cheaper. Regardless, you should apply to some other jobs.
- giantg2 5y agoCost have gone down? How? Food is up about 20%, electric 40% or so. Etc.
- smt88 5y agoThere was a huge discussion of inflation on another thread. Basically, for some people, the pandemic reduced their rent enormously for whatever reason. For me personally in a major US city, most food is exactly the same price.
- giantg2 5y agoReally? I'm seeing shrinkflation or 10-20% increases on many items. It can be easy to miss too, like $2/lb meat going to $2.40/lb. That's interesting that rent is dropping. Maybe that's only in very small locales?
- smt88 5y agoRent went down (perhaps temporarily) for some people who stayed in dense, expensive places with low quality of life (certain parts of the Bay Area). As Americans run out of savings, we should see more of this kind of thing. Rent prices are unsustainable in many parts of the country.