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Cake day: July 14th, 2023

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  • What a dishonest argument.

    There’s a world of difference from someone barely getting by, living paycheck to paycheck, versus a middle class worker well into their career, able to afford minor luxuries and still squirrel away money for savings and retirement.

    I am middle class. I am 20 years into my career. I make comparatively good money.

    But due to not prioritizing buying property, I’ve pretty much missed my window. I can qualify for a mortgage, have the 20% down-payment, but the monthly payment would pretty much wipe me out, costing around $3k more per month than renting.

    If I were at this point in my career 20 years ago, I could have easily afforded a house comfortably.

    That is what we’re talking about when we talk about the housing crisis for specifically the middle class.