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It's a figure of speech. I don't literally write checks. But getting my first apartment at 19 was definitely a great experience. I didn't have my parents payin
by 999900000999 2y ago
It's a figure of speech. I don't literally write checks.
But getting my first apartment at 19 was definitely a great experience. I didn't have my parents paying my rent. Either I was going to figure it out or get evicted a 3rd time.
It was much easier back than, my rent was around 40% of a minimum wage income. Now the same apartment is closer to 70%.
- mistrial9 2y agoin Santa Barbara, California.. working professionals with credentials and a college degree cannot afford (or find?) an ordinary rental unit. The source of that is a news article that said they may not be able to bring newly graduated doctors or young police to their city.
- 999900000999 2y agoTo be abundantly clear, this was a dingy crummy apartment in a rough neighborhood. For the first few months I lived there I literally would hide my monitor whenever I left the house. After a while, I grew to love it. I left the monitor out because I was tired of being afraid all the time, I hugged the floor since it meant the next eviction would be up to me. I have so many fond memories of 2009/2010 KTown, such a great place to live on a budget. It's gone now, you need a six-figure income to live there like anywhere else in Los Angeles