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Man with highly educated background ignores basic economic situation that also affects millions of other people. Slow news day.

sameoldtune 2y ago
I expect professors to be homeless too.
lainga 2y ago
What solution do you propose? No more UCLA?
- Muromec 2y ago
  He can grow potatoes and sale contraband wares at the illegal market or immigrate to US and find a good paying job there. Oh wait, I though it was about 90ies in here places again.
winter_blue 2y ago
You mean an artificial economic situation that NIMBYs have created by making it nearly impossible to build new homes. It’s not a fair situation from any perspective. NIMBYs are slowly destroying California’s heart, and turning it into a place where only people with a 100k+ (and soon 200k+) income can afford a home.
- andrewmcwatters 2y ago
  Then leave.
  - hackable_sand 2y ago
    There are other solutions than violence.
egypturnash 2y ago
alternatively: this basic economic situation has gotten so fucked up that even a traditionally solid middle-class gig like "professor at moderately prestigious university" can't pay his bills
- avg_dev 2y ago
  yes, this. as others have pointed out: of course it is (understatedly) terrible that so many people who work various types of jobs cannot pay their bills. all that i see happening here is that the low income bar for being able to survive and live a decent life is getting higher and higher; it is not that there are not many others who also should be able to live a decent life. (and yes, i do understand the difference between a lecturer and a professor, and i do understand about roommates, and i do understand about living in a cheaper cost-of-living area. i think these are all reasonable points. but i still think that it would be nice if someone could live a good life a distance from work that doesn't make their commute an absolute dread and still be able to afford basic things. yes, i believe everyone deserves this, no matter what type of work that they do. no, i don't think that's the direction we are currently headed.)

sameoldtune 2y ago

I expect professors to be homeless too.

lainga 2y ago

What solution do you propose? No more UCLA?

Muromec 2y ago
He can grow potatoes and sale contraband wares at the illegal market or immigrate to US and find a good paying job there. Oh wait, I though it was about 90ies in here places again.

winter_blue 2y ago

You mean an artificial economic situation that NIMBYs have created by making it nearly impossible to build new homes. It’s not a fair situation from any perspective. NIMBYs are slowly destroying California’s heart, and turning it into a place where only people with a 100k+ (and soon 200k+) income can afford a home.

andrewmcwatters 2y ago
Then leave.
- hackable_sand 2y ago
  There are other solutions than violence.

egypturnash 2y ago

alternatively: this basic economic situation has gotten so fucked up that even a traditionally solid middle-class gig like "professor at moderately prestigious university" can't pay his bills

avg_dev 2y ago
yes, this. as others have pointed out: of course it is (understatedly) terrible that so many people who work various types of jobs cannot pay their bills. all that i see happening here is that the low income bar for being able to survive and live a decent life is getting higher and higher; it is not that there are not many others who also should be able to live a decent life. (and yes, i do understand the difference between a lecturer and a professor, and i do understand about roommates, and i do understand about living in a cheaper cost-of-living area. i think these are all reasonable points. but i still think that it would be nice if someone could live a good life a distance from work that doesn't make their commute an absolute dread and still be able to afford basic things. yes, i believe everyone deserves this, no matter what type of work that they do. no, i don't think that's the direction we are currently headed.)