Renters need to make roughly $20,000 more a year to afford the typical rent than they did 5 years ago
Renters need to make roughly $20,000 more a year to afford the typical rent than they did 5 years ago
“Since pre-pandemic, the income needed to afford rent has increased by 31.5%,” Zillow’s chief economist, Skylar Olsen, wrote yesterday.

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eee @lemm.ee peasants should just eat less avocado toast, amirite?
34 2 ReplyFlying Squid @lemmy.world
If you eat the pit too, you save money!
*taps temple*
7 0 Replyvariants @possumpat.io That 7 for a dollar is definitely the problem
3 1 Replyjesuiscequejesuis @lemmy.world 7 what for a dollar?
3 0 Replyvariants @possumpat.io Avocados they are usually 7 for a dollar
2 1 Replyenbyecho @lemmy.world Did you mean to say $7 for a ONE?
5 0 Replyvariants @possumpat.io Well the price changes sometimes its 10 avocados for a dollar or somethings it's 5 avocados for a dollar
I have an old picture of one of the local stands
Wait here's a more recent one but back when it was raining a lot so probably won't be 15 for a dollar anymore
1 0 Replyenbyecho @lemmy.world Touche! Oh to live in Socal during avocado season...
3 0 Replyvariants @possumpat.io Haha this is south bay area
1 0 Replyenbyecho @lemmy.world LOL. I had no idea... :)
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