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• Mediocre_Bard@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Moving is expensive. Not everybody can.

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  • titanicx@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    If you’re working 60 hours to afford where your are, then it’s cheaper to move. I know, I’ve been there and done that. And that means they choose poorly in the first place. Spent way to much money to move into the place. And lives way above their means.

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    • Mediocre_Bard@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      You are overgeneralizing your singular experience. First off, good for you! Changing it up is hard and that fact that you were able to do that is a good thing! However, just because you can do it doesn’t mean that anyone can do it. Financial matters are complicated and ingrained generational poverty is not something that the majority of its victims can shake off. Educational, financial, and systemic barriers exist to keep people in these shitty situations.

      If someone chose to live in a poor area to live within their means, but then the neighborhood gentrifies and the rent triples in a brief period of time, such that the person now has to work constantly to avoid getting evicted or starving, all the while their manager is perfectly willing to fire them if they miss a single day, then life becomes about daily survival and everything else goes out the window. While some people can move, it is not reasonable to expect that the majority of the population would be able to move.

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      • titanicx@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Then that is still a choice they have made to stay in a place that requires slave hours to maintain.

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• quick_snail@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I live under bridge now. Anf most work due to hygiene issues. Help

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  • titanicx@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Then move, or get a better job…

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    • quick_snail@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      But my family and friends and support structure are here.

      Support is very important to mental health

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      • titanicx@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        They’re usually other places around that are still less expensive and still able to be found. And while support structure is very important if your mental health is being destroyed by working 60 hours a week then that is just as detrimental.

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