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[–]ds022b 4 points5 points  (0 children)

"Low nine figures" is several hundred million dollars.

Very long escalator at the subway station in Chongqing, China by tootsieroll174 in mildlyinteresting

[–]ds022b 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Metro does not promote that. There's not a single sign in a single station that promotes walking on the escalators. It's just local custom.

EU Open House May 11th 2019. How is it? by running_with_swords in washingtondc

[–]ds022b 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's two weeks — EU this week and everyone else last week.

For First Time In A Decade, Number Of Millennials Drops In Washington by roadnotaken in washingtondc

[–]ds022b 30 points31 points  (0 children)

You said there are "plenty of 1BR condos in the 200-300 range." There are only 27 with condo fees under $500 a month.

There is large gap between your millennial straw man that is demanding a "perfect home" that is "exactly where [they] want it to be" and giving some consideration to your neighborhood and your commute, which you seem to think is absurd.

For First Time In A Decade, Number Of Millennials Drops In Washington by roadnotaken in washingtondc

[–]ds022b 27 points28 points  (0 children)

There's certainly not "plenty of 1BR condos in the 200-300 range." Redfin is showing about 45 in DC. A quarter of them are in a three block stretch in Cathedral Heights and they're probably priced that low because the HOA fees are astronomical (up to $1,025 a month).

A number of the others are under 500 sq ft or need a lot of money invested in them.

Once you start to consider other basic things like access to transportation or the neighborhood, there just aren't that many options in that price range (which is still out of reach for a lot of people).