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I see this amongst younger users (under 35) on the forums I run. They are very happy sharing a vitriolic dislike of everything that is a landlord society. Thi
by buro9 4y ago
I see this amongst younger users (under 35) on the forums I run.
They are very happy sharing a vitriolic dislike of everything that is a landlord society.
This is very clearly against even a single buy-to-let landlord, but fully extends to all AirBnBs, their rental flats/homes (it is shocking how few seem to have a communal living space - their living room has been converted to a sleeping room to make the rent affordable), and it extends to the perception of what Netflix is and everything about SaaS business models.
They do not hesitate to share ways in which they sabotage landlords in small ways daily. They gleefully share about coffee grinds down the sink in the AirBnB that has a septic tank, of using "bills included" rentals to run the heater... some of them in the cold snap before Christmas went into discount AirBnBs just to run the heating constantly, and of course there's rampant piracy.
There is a very angry generation coming up.
I'll note, I wouldn't have even thought the demographic of the sites I run would be considered left leaning or poverty, these are middle-class people who are angry at their hardship compared to what they perceive as they easy wealth and times of the preceding generations.
- ls15 4y ago"Apartment for rent (min. age 35)"
- Mezzie 4y agoNew fake ID market!
- javajosh 4y agoIt's almost like landlords are engaged in rent-seeking behavior.
- mbg721 4y agoDoes most housing "rent" qualify as "rent" for the purpose of the phrase? I thought it mostly didn't, because the idea was that a rent is a recurring payment exchanged for no additional value, but apartments, while hideously expensive, are still a you-get-what-you-pay-for thing.
- BirdieNZ 4y agoIt depends on where you live; properly speaking, the proportion of your rent that is caused either by regulatory capture or by land ownership is the "rent-seeking" kind of rent, the rest is "hiring a house" kind of rent. In municipalities with highly restricted supply due to regulation, as well as expensive land due to lack of a land value tax or property tax, most of your rent will be the "rent-seeking" kind of rent. Apartments usually are built on very expensive land and are still affected by restricted supply caused by regulatory capture, so they're not different in this instance.
- Regnore 4y agoIt seems to me that home prices are increasing at a much faster rate than incomes in many areas. The home ownership % of younger people is declining over time: https://www.prb.org/resources/u-s-homeownership-rates-fall-among-young-adults-african-americans/ https://www.prb.org/resources/u-s-homeownership-rates-fall-a... Given the perception (and perhaps reality) that they are worse off than their parents generation, it’s not too surprising that they rebel against the system.
- standardUser 4y agoWhy does it have to be angry? Landowners and those with excessive wealth have fought tooth and nail to keep wages low, prices high and laws bent against working people. Do we consider those landowners and wealthy people to be angry? No, just looking out for their best interest. But when working people look out for their best interests, suddenly there's something wrong with them.
- Beaver117 4y agoDon't forget pouring cooking oil down the sink when the landlord increases their rent