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> because I suspect most of the people I'm referencing are doing JUST FINE friend Unless they own their homes or lucked into a rent controlled unit that isn't

• dontbenebby 4y ago
  They're all millionaires, because they did an internship, were hired onto a full time role, and then rented an apartment that is rent controlled that was below their means and saved aggressively. Unfortunarely, absent the same level of income I cannot make those choices, even with perfect or near perfect information. Or they live with their family, who are loving and supportive, but also encourage them to go out a bit so their housemates have privacy, so they'd run into someone like me at Red Rock or whatever. I don't think folks understand that the bay has a lot of rental protections not present in other places. (Eg someone can't just suddenly decide not renew a lease, etc) HN folks focus in a bit too much on rent control, I found a blog detailing some of the other protections (though it's quite obviously an ad for a particular firm): https://www.tobenerlaw.com/san-francisco-just-cause-eviction/ https://www.tobenerlaw.com/san-francisco-just-cause-eviction...