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man, I left Seattle when my shitty 2br in the U got up to like $1200/mo after climbing $100/mo like clockwork every year. You are a couple orders of magnitude r

man, I left Seattle when my shitty 2br in the U got up to like $1200/mo after climbing $100/mo like clockwork every year. You are a couple orders of magnitude richer than I am if you can afford that. Which is not surprising given that I'm a lazy freelance artist who mostly draws furry porn and your last few comments indicate you're a Senior Software Engineer at a FAANG. Now my husband and I are splitting $950 for a 3br in New Orleans. It's pretty nice once you get inured to the fact that everything you own and love in this world, including you, could be washed away in a hurricane. And the "holy shit I am a trans living in the one queer-friendly hotspot in what is otherwise a very red state" thing. The place is full of artists who could stop worrying about where most of their rent is coming from if they got $500/month coming in from somewhere.

uuggghhhhh 4y ago
TMWNN 4y ago
>Which is not surprising given that I'm a lazy freelance artist who mostly draws furry porn I've heard that that's very lucrative. So much so that I've read accounts by more than one who finds creating such art (and the customers) disgusting, but can't stop because of the huge market demand.
- egypturnash 4y ago
  It can be a pretty good market! Personally I've spent my entire career as a furry artist drawing stuff I enjoy bringing into the world, and the vast majority of my clients have been pretty chill. Lots of slightly-socially-awkwards IT types with active imaginations who are happy to pay me a pretty good rate to put their dreams into concrete imagery.
deathanatos 4y ago
Wow, that's frankly way less than I would have guessed for an apartment within an urban area, particularly given what my brother in TN is paying. (And yeah, SWE, but no longer at a FAANG. I've found my fit is more in smaller companies, though I've worked at some larger corps since too. And while a SWE pay is — relatively speaking — nice, rent is such that it often makes me wonder how anyone who isn't is even supposed to manage it. The housing market needs a lot more supply, IMO, if the price is ever to be sensible. But, it is good that you've found a cheap place, and more importantly, hopefully a friendly place.)

uuggghhhhh 4y ago

TMWNN 4y ago

>Which is not surprising given that I'm a lazy freelance artist who mostly draws furry porn I've heard that that's very lucrative. So much so that I've read accounts by more than one who finds creating such art (and the customers) disgusting, but can't stop because of the huge market demand.

egypturnash 4y ago
It can be a pretty good market! Personally I've spent my entire career as a furry artist drawing stuff I enjoy bringing into the world, and the vast majority of my clients have been pretty chill. Lots of slightly-socially-awkwards IT types with active imaginations who are happy to pay me a pretty good rate to put their dreams into concrete imagery.

deathanatos 4y ago

Wow, that's frankly way less than I would have guessed for an apartment within an urban area, particularly given what my brother in TN is paying. (And yeah, SWE, but no longer at a FAANG. I've found my fit is more in smaller companies, though I've worked at some larger corps since too. And while a SWE pay is — relatively speaking — nice, rent is such that it often makes me wonder how anyone who isn't is even supposed to manage it. The housing market needs a lot more supply, IMO, if the price is ever to be sensible. But, it is good that you've found a cheap place, and more importantly, hopefully a friendly place.)