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It doesn't sound ridiculous to me. Across the UK an iPhone is a trivially* cheap item. 1 months' rent in London would buy you a decent spec MacBook. 3-4 month
by stegosaurus 12y ago
It doesn't sound ridiculous to me.
Across the UK an iPhone is a trivially* cheap item.
1 months' rent in London would buy you a decent spec MacBook.
3-4 months' rent in a cheaper city would do the same.
Many people seem to have the viewpoint that it's some sort of irrational decision to not prioritise housing above everything else.
40 hour weeks making others obese so that I can barely make the rent whilst my boss buys his next car?
Trivial choice from where I'm standing. I do feel for those who have dependents, though.
* It is fairly common here for people to 'call out' welfare recipients as owning big TV's, iPhones, etcetera; as evidence as profligate spending. From my point of view, luxury electronics are for the poor and rich, and excluded from the middle classes. Why? Because the poor can never expect to build capital regardless, and the rich have capital already. Only the middle classes actually need to think about expenditure, because they may eventually be able to own property.