• Telodzrum@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Real wages are up in the last two years the largest amount in nearly five decades. Rent costs are down year over year for two and a half years straight. Employment is up, new jobless claims are down, both while hours worked is down. Inflation continues to revert to the mean.

    If it doesn’t seem good for you, you’re either an extreme outlier or are just denying reality.

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      1 year ago

      Rent costs are down? Where??? What’s a “real wage”? Do you have anything to back any of this up or are we just guessing?

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      1 year ago

      The wage increases haven’t kept up with inflation so people aren’t feeling it.

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      Rent costs are down year over year for two and a half years straight

      You have no idea what you are talking about. Rent has more than doubled. I know people living in shitty 1 bedroom apartments who pay more than twice what I pay for my mortgage on a fairly average house.

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          You should try looking at it some time. An apartment that was $700 5 years ago is now around $2000 in my area. And this is a low cost of living area where people aren’t exactly desperate to live.