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Next headline: 1 bedroom apartments increase by $490/mo

• jldugger 3y ago
  Yes but also so much worse: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeonse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeonse
  • OkayPhysicist 3y ago
    That seems significantly preferable to a rent-based system. While you're not investing any assets in your home like you would if you owned it, at least you're not hemorrhaging cash like you do when you're renting.
    • inkcapmushroom 3y ago
      The disadvantage being that you have to have $300,000 cash upfront to just live.
    • jldugger 3y ago
      > While you're not investing any assets in your home like you would if you owned it, at least you're not hemorrhaging cash like you do when you're renting. Unless you have to borrow money to make the payment. And god forbid they do something like invest it in more real estate, or worse, lose the investment and owe the government tax.
• badpun 3y ago
  From what I understand, hikkikomori usually live with their parents.