Comment on Anon lives on a budget
Hikermick@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I graduated in 1984 when unemployment was 10% and minimum wage was $3.35/hr. My friends and I all left the burbs for the inner city and we would live 5-7 of us in a house. Nonskilled jobs were more plentiful and there was public transportation. Sometimes we had a land line phone, never had cable. Plenty of parties and beer though. Don’t know if this helps anybody but it’s how we got by
NewSocialWhoDis@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
I am really shocked when I hear these budgets that more people aren’t trying communal living, or at least roommates. When I was young and broke, that is what I did.
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 1 week ago
Genuinely tho I think the economy is why it seems like everyone 20-35 is in a polycule.
Hikermick@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Yeah for all of the talk about socialism and communism. We never used those words, just did it out of necessity. It’s not for everyone. Some cities now have laws limiting how many nonrelated people can live in a house. Mostly brought on by immigrants and xenophobia.