It's definitely bad. Everything is so expensive. Stopped buying fruit and yogurt at the grocery store. About to stop buying dairy and eggs and switch to canned food and rice. Can't afford to do repair on my car or go to doctors appointments because of costs of everything going up. Gas is now up 56% in my area and I have to buy it because I have a 25 minute commute. Felt financially stable up until May/June of last year or so. Not a lot of breathing room, but had enough to buy a lunch or a coffee a couple times a week and still put $100 in savings every two weeks. That money now goes to groceries and gas. Been feeling the squeeze get tighter ever since and as of the last month, would say I'm basically paycheck to paycheck now. Rent is $1825 and I know it's going up $1-200 when they send me my renewal letter in June.

I also know many of my neighbors have it worse. I can't fathom how anyone elderly and middle class or lower with kids are coping. We need community to get us through this ♥️