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This was already a problem when I moved to Atlanta in 2017. And the six years before that in the smaller town I was living in. The only time I got a raise above

This was already a problem when I moved to Atlanta in 2017. And the six years before that in the smaller town I was living in. The only time I got a raise above my rent increase is when I switched jobs. It didn't feel like a supply crunch either. Plenty of apartments for rent in both places, but still rent everywhere increased in lockstep in both cities. Made the whole thing seem very arbitrary and cruel.

bryanlarsen 2y ago
> The only time I got a raise above my rent increase is when I switched jobs. This is the American economy in a nutshell. Wages have been going up faster than inflation for the last year or so, but if you dig into it, it's only for workers who change jobs and union members.