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Originally Posted by CivicBlues
Nothing against you but I'm sick of hearing this. Yes so many high earners want to come home from their high-earning and presumably high-stress/long-hour job and deal with their 2nd job of being an amateur landlord. And we wonder why there's such a brain drain of millennials out of this city.
Having fuck you money should give you options, not tie you down in this fucked up gig-economy we have going on.
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Agreed. If you are lucky/hardworking enough to have a 6 figure job x2, you shouldn't normalize or try and justify the bullshit that you have to deal with to live the life of an average middle class person 20 years ago. Working 60 hours a week isn't reasonable, or a good life. Busting your ass to be at the top of your career shouldn't leave you broke after you pay your bills. Success is useless if it doesn't offer you the fruits of your labour. Not everyone deserves a mansion, but everyone deserves a home, and that includes the guy that pours the coffees, the guy that mops the floors at the hospital, and they shouldn't have to choose between that and eating healthy food, or being able to pay for their bus pass to get to work.
I go back to the fact that no one should be able to own homes as an investment, especially those that don't even live here. I'm not just talking about the luxury of a single family home, but condos and such. The distribution of wealth is a problem. The generational wealth, especially from families who have done nothing for it but be lucky with where they have lived, is a problem. People say that a handout is motivation for people to not work for their success, to not try and move forward, but the truth is the narrowing opportunity for success is far more demotivating.
Life shouldn't be a fuckin grind. Hard work and intelligence should be rewarded in all sectors of life, as all of them have proven important to making a place worth living. We will be a safer, more thriving society as a result.