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A Boring Dystopia
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And even the ones that have a lot of assets to be considered well off have a problem. They're living in the only thing they own that's worth a significant amount of cash.
Property prices have completely fucked everyone. Just because somebody can barely afford to pay 50% of their wages every month for the next 40 years in order own their own house, it doesn't mean they should. It means they've got no choice because there isn't enough.