A Boring Dystopia

The indignity of living 6-figure paycheck to 6-figure paycheck.

The rich are surprised because now -they- are the ones being taken advantage of.

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Here's the thing though.....being an asshole doesn't affect pets. Pets have no concepts of rent, or money, or social class. Hell, even HITLER had a cat and a dog. I'm sure that dog loved hitler. And you can't blame the dog. The dog has no idea that the person he lives with signed paperwork to establish concentration camps.

The dog just knows he comes home, gives him treats, and then he, the dog, and ava braun all lay down by the fireplace, and watch netflix.

And so these dogs today, they're just the same. Living with assholes, and clueless. Just as it always has been.

We only know they are terrible, greedy, and lazy people. There ain't enough to say they aren't wonderful animal caretakers that provide for their furry friends in excess of the reasonable base level.

$800 when I moved in, I was paying $900 when I moved out over a decade later, it then rented immediately for $1600 after I moved out, and around $2000 now.

Wages have not kept up with that.

You are arguing about the difference between price gouging of a Toyota Corolla vs a McClaren GTS - necessity vs luxury.

The price gouging has been happening legally for years and nothing has changed or been done to fix it. The high-end clients in the article clearly own property if they're willing to spend that much on rent.

I have no sympathy for that specific example because it's reported like this is some novel, new experience, as opposed to it being a systemic issue that's plagued everyone else. My sympathy goes to the others mentioned in the article who clearly aren't in the market for luxury-class rentals.

Don't want to be priced gouged? Don't rent those luxury houses from the parasites. Lower your expectations and you might find something else more reasonable.

But sympathy, or lack thereof, isn't a requirement for the practice to be illegal and action to be taken, and I never said something shouldn't be done about it.

Class consciousness? Last I checked, a 3-4 bedroom rental house in the LA area has plenty of options in the $4k to $8k range.

Here's a few examples for you.

Zillow doesn't even have a "price minimum" filter option greater than $10k a month.

The article specifically states some rental properties were increased, and the only example they gave was a property in a range that literally 99% of the population can't afford. Is the 1% now suddenly in the same class that I need to be conscious about?