JaimeSommers
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When I moved from Pennsylvania to Los Angeles, my rent increased by 300% for an apartment a smidge smaller than the one I had in PA. [emoji47]
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I think your question was a reasonable one. TBH at first I kind of saw the GS residents as one step up from homeless or young runaways or people with issues. To learn that for the most part they are simply artists trying to make a living and looking for affordable housing in an insane property market was a shock.
I came across a website that calls out some of the extreme housing offerings - meaning people taking advantage of people - and boy did my eyes pop!
http://sfist.com/tags/apartmentsadness
Housing in my little town is on the brink of being overpriced - an ADU around the corner goes for $740/mo, it's new and clean, heated and has a tiny kitchen but hell, it's only about 200 square feet. As a result a lot of young people and families can't live here. Many take on jobs that they're overqualified for while others work two, sometimes three jobs - all because the town is a great place to live. But the end result is that the average age is climbing and eventually we'll just be a big retirement community.
Looking at the dichotomy that appears to exist in Oakland between the struggling artists and the extremely wealthy IMO should be a wake up call for other growing communities to put measures in place for all kinds of people to live together before it's too late.
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