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If you've really fallen out of society and gone through an eviction or foreclosure then your credit is shot so badly you can only afford to live at a weekly rat

If you've really fallen out of society and gone through an eviction or foreclosure then your credit is shot so badly you can only afford to live at a weekly rate motel (you'll never pass a real apartment's credit check). Those places don't have or allow any kind of cooking. A mini fridge and a microwave that's hopefully still working is all you have.

satellites 4y ago
Good point. I hadn’t considered that type of housing. It got me thinking though. My partner got evicted when she was younger (early twenties) because her roommate was lying and stealing rent money. Her credit was shot and she had to live with family for years while getting her record cleared. It’s sad to think that if she hadn’t had family to fall back on, she could’ve ended up in that situation. More people than one would think are just one bad situation away from falling into that trap.
- rurp 4y ago
  > More people than one would think are just one bad situation away from falling into that trap. This is a great point to keep in mind. I think a lot of folks are blind to how fragile financial stability is in the US and how much of a role luck plays in all of this.
tbrownaw 4y ago
> Those places don't have or allow any kind of cooking. A mini fridge and a microwave that's hopefully still working is all you have. The ones I see around here[1] specifically advertise having full kitchens. Both on their local signage and on their website. [1] https://www.extendedstayamerica.com/ https://www.extendedstayamerica.com/
- jjav 4y ago
  > The ones I see around here[1] specifically advertise having full kitchens. Both on their local signage and on their website. Those are relatively nice weekly/monthly hotels. That's not where the desperately poor go. There are ~$30/night extended stay motels but the quality is what you'd expect. No fridge, no cooking, heat/AC doesn't work, very filty.
FrontierPsych 4y ago
And there is zero wrong with a microwave and mini fridge. I personally don't see an issue with that. I've had to do that in the distant past, it was no problem at all, not at all. It's only a problem if you want to be Bill Gates lifestyle while making $15K per year.

satellites 4y ago

Good point. I hadn’t considered that type of housing. It got me thinking though. My partner got evicted when she was younger (early twenties) because her roommate was lying and stealing rent money. Her credit was shot and she had to live with family for years while getting her record cleared. It’s sad to think that if she hadn’t had family to fall back on, she could’ve ended up in that situation. More people than one would think are just one bad situation away from falling into that trap.

rurp 4y ago
> More people than one would think are just one bad situation away from falling into that trap. This is a great point to keep in mind. I think a lot of folks are blind to how fragile financial stability is in the US and how much of a role luck plays in all of this.

tbrownaw 4y ago

> Those places don't have or allow any kind of cooking. A mini fridge and a microwave that's hopefully still working is all you have. The ones I see around here[1] specifically advertise having full kitchens. Both on their local signage and on their website. [1] https://www.extendedstayamerica.com/ https://www.extendedstayamerica.com/

jjav 4y ago
> The ones I see around here[1] specifically advertise having full kitchens. Both on their local signage and on their website. Those are relatively nice weekly/monthly hotels. That's not where the desperately poor go. There are ~$30/night extended stay motels but the quality is what you'd expect. No fridge, no cooking, heat/AC doesn't work, very filty.

FrontierPsych 4y ago

And there is zero wrong with a microwave and mini fridge. I personally don't see an issue with that. I've had to do that in the distant past, it was no problem at all, not at all. It's only a problem if you want to be Bill Gates lifestyle while making $15K per year.