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The first answer I have for most of these people I hear going on and on about rent is to move. It's even easier for this chick or dude or whatever, they are a lawyer that's not exactly a service that has no value elsewhere. There are loads and loads of places that aren't $3,600 a month in the country.
The 3 bedroom house I own rents out for $1,350 a month. Yeah it's not the most exotic location and it's in the most boring flyover of flyover country, but it's only 5 years old and while I don't personally manage it I've never skimped my property manager on maintenance money. I also still make money on it.
That's the other answer I have. Landlords are not a charity for you. Buy your own damn property.
That's getting significantly harder, too.
We're getting fucked everywhere, and "just move" isn't a feasible long term strategy. At least if you care at all about culture, society, and your kids or grandkids. This isn't sustainable and, although you can still find cheaper property if you move, that won't work forever. They're squeezing us out, and it's intentional. "Just move" just lets them get away with it. It's a real issue, that needs addressing.
No one said they were. They generally follow market trends (although I'm sure there is also major hinkiness there considering many are from massive corporations, but that's a different issue), and it's to do with property prices going up, and the like. No one is asking the landlords for handouts. We're pointing out there's major shifts going on, that are screwing the lower and middle classes, and that's a massive and unsustainable problem.
I like small town culture and society much more than urban anyway, so I'm good there. Unless you mean the Reddit definition of culture, to which I'll just say you can buy avocados, bread, coffee, a toaster, and a coffee pot at the nearest Walmart that can be found anywhere in the US. Still there's a problem. I'd start with cutting off foreign purchase of land myself.
Family I get. They don't make it easy either. I'm not that far away and visit quite a bit and still my mom will make you feel like every second should revolve around being "her" family. I'm trying to build relationships with people that will still be around the last 40 years of my life though. It's gotten where most of the travel I do is to see family anymore, but I want to actually have something with my nephews and cousins down the road. I guess it's actually saved me money. I can stay with my brother for free so that helps once I get myself there.
My landlord response comes from the incessant whining elsewhere where they think the landlord only exists to screw them. It's a reflexive thought. Not really a thing on this site to constantly landlord bash.
For the record, when I said "culture, society, and your kids or grandkids," I meant overall quality of life and cost of living. If the trend continues, future generations will be squeezed out of even owning property outside of the cities. I'm not talking culture/society in the big city sense, I just mean basic American ideals like freedom and upward mobility. Those are being threatened.
Absolutely fucking agreed.