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[–] Leninismydad@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Wanted to check in with my USian friends, one told me he was paying 950 before the pandemic, is 1400 go up to 1500 in a few months. I sent him my condolences.

[–] ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

That is very cheap rent in the vast majority of places in the US with actual jobs. Anywhere you can get a job better then McDonalds in the US, the rent is easily 2,000-2,500+