Comment on Every Landlord I've Had In Australia
rabber@lemmy.ca 1 day agoNo as a canadian my impression of australia is that it’s just canada with the same problems but worse
Have many close friends there and it’s been tough in recent years
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
teslekova@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
Albo is a centrist wanker, thanks very much. Very much like a Democrat before Reagan.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Centrists are just right wingers with PR.
saltesc@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It’s definitely the opposite.
When Australians say times are tough, it’s true, but they’re usually unaware of how much tougher it is for everyone else.
There is a reason for the increasing uptick of North Americans moving to Australia and not looking back.
socsa@piefed.social 1 day ago
Canada, but all the wildlife can kill you.
im_fine_sandy@nord.pub 1 day ago
I think most western countries could say that about each other.
Yes, there are shitty landlords in Australia. However, I’ve never encountered mould or a landlord that wouldn’t make appropriate repairs.
I’m sure there are shitty landlords in Canada, and every other country.
teslekova@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
Friend of mine once lived in a rental house that had black mold with his wife and kid. The landlord had done precisely jack shit for those three years. They kept getting lung conditions and stuff, and my friend tried to clean it himself, but it always came back.
Then one day his wife had a series of strokes during a particularly intense bout of the chronic lung shit they all got when the weather was wet.
She’s blind now. Suffered brain damage. Different personality, loss of cognitive ability, an irate shell of her former self. This woman who once had a 200 grand job in the Commonwealth public service. The marriage did not survive.
My friend is now looking after his kid mostly as a single dad in a smaller but mold-free apartment in a cheaper suburb.
The Canberra rental market is insane, and that landlord deserves arson.