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		kragen on May 20, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: “It’s hard to take risks if you don’t have a safet... > in most cities there are poor neighborhoods where rent is under $1000 Average income is about US$11000 a year: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_%28no... And most people make less money than that, because the distribution isn't symmetric. The fact that "rent under $1000" seems low to you indicates that you live in a bubble.

bluGill on May 21, 2019 [–]

I should have qualified that with US. You can rent a mud hut for few bucks in some remote backward village, but that is obviously not a lifestyle anyone reading this would wish.

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