or am I doomed to suburban hell lmao some context I am in tech

  • StewartCopelandsDad [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    Your choices are

    • pay huge rent to live around other techbros
    • pay less rent in a poorer neighborhood that's close to work - in other words, gentrifying
    • live in the suburbs, contributing to suburban hell sprawl

    really don't think there is a good option. The framing of gentrification as a problem caused by individual, rational actors seeking cheap rent near work, vs a problem created by having housing markets with "rational actors" in the first place, has been an ideological win for the market people. If you live in the US you can't opt out of capitalism even if you hate it.