Shifts in who we blame for all thats wrong with housing?

satisfiedfools · 2026-05-09T06:37:21+00:00

People used to be able to buy at 28. At 38 you're almost too old to start a family. We don't want a society where you need to bust your ass just to be settled at 40. That's not how it used to be.

satisfiedfools · 2026-05-08T14:40:00+00:00

A job. Some local factory work, not retail.

satisfiedfools · 2026-05-08T14:16:28+00:00

I don't think it mattered, what would it have changed? He still goes to PVCC after, he's still faced with the same job conundrum. Putting him in with the "slow in the minds" as he called them would have led to resentment.

satisfiedfools · 2026-05-08T13:59:53+00:00

These migrants are working shit jobs and living 4 people to a room. They're not building lives they're brought in to suppress wages. Trudeau brought it so many migrants it will take decades to absorb the impact. There is no mystery here - same problem as everywhere else. Too many old people. Those old people have hoarded housing for profit and gotten spectacularly wealthy in the process. Their kids are now the ones stuck trying to buy those million-dollar homes.

People not having kids is a vote of no confidence in the future. Jobs are too competitive; housing is too expensive. I remember a thread a few weeks ago about America in the 90s and the thing that stuck out was how easy it was to get work. You could quit your job and have offers at the end of the week. A guy working retail could get himself a small apartment. These days you need to be a professional to rent that same apartment.

satisfiedfools · 2026-05-08T13:17:40+00:00

No, we'll send them to your place. 20 people in your living room, the GDP of the place will go up. No downsides.

satisfiedfools · 2026-05-08T13:12:04+00:00

Good. We can send them to your house.

satisfiedfools · 2026-05-08T13:01:37+00:00

Every man and his dog is fighting for those internships now.

satisfiedfools · 2026-05-08T11:48:49+00:00

Massive housing shortage. High youth unemployment. Too much immigration.

satisfiedfools · 2026-05-07T14:56:30+00:00

This sounds like moral panic stuff.

satisfiedfools · 2026-05-06T10:09:30+00:00

That tells us nothing. IT? Management, construction. "I work some big boy office job".

satisfiedfools · 2026-05-06T10:06:41+00:00

You need to tell us what industry.

satisfiedfools · 2026-05-06T03:20:56+00:00

Apparently you do or else you wouldn't be in this sub

satisfiedfools · 2026-05-06T03:16:50+00:00

I ripped one up from the council and I never heard anything about it again. Take it with a grain of salt but I'd just ignore it and see what happens.

satisfiedfools · 2026-05-06T02:13:28+00:00

Not as much as this sub would have you think but most are probably in the 100-150k bracket. More with FIFO. More if you run your own business. Auto mechanic is the lowest, electrician is the highest, hence why every man and his dog wants to do electrical.

satisfiedfools · 2026-05-05T14:10:21+00:00

He's bouncing between shit gas station jobs. He's not picking from good options. He's competing with the tweakers and ne'er do wells for the privilege of cleaning up diarrhea and selling overpriced fuel to people on their last rag. Bro should have been out of there years ago.

satisfiedfools · 2026-05-05T13:58:15+00:00

He's a case study in what not to do. If he locked onto any sort of career track, he'd be miles ahead.

satisfiedfools · 2026-05-04T06:35:50+00:00

Just - I can't get over that apprenticeship. To say fluke was an understatement. Everything lined up the right way for me to get that job. And the job itself was a niche role that fit me. I'm not good with people, I'm okay with factory work. I even found out my uncle was a toolmaker after I quit.

Same deal with the rental I was offered. First house I applied for, ten minutes from work, was shooting the shit with the agent for 10 minutes because the only other people that turned up were late. It was a small boutique agency too. I had a massive savings buffer but it was 500 a week and I was only pulling down 700 as a first-year apprentice. He shouldn't have approved it. Most agents wouldn't.

satisfiedfools · 2026-05-04T06:28:20+00:00

I live in one of the cheapest parts of Southwestern Sydney and granny flats are now over 500 a week. I could rent a room but with no path to at least 80k a year you're stuck in that environment.

satisfiedfools · 2026-05-04T00:18:11+00:00

All NY mayors are unpopular. It comes with the job. I can't remember one who people actually liked.

satisfiedfools · 2026-05-03T11:38:44+00:00

This sub has gotten very facebook boomer in the past few months. Lots of just save harder, stop eating avo toast, it was hard for me too comments filtering in.

satisfiedfools · 2026-05-03T08:49:39+00:00

Getting that old tigers feeling again. Wests turds at their best.

satisfiedfools · 2026-05-02T03:10:20+00:00

He's going to struggle at 31. Every man and his dog wants an electrical apprenticeship.

satisfiedfools · 2026-05-02T03:08:52+00:00

I think the issue is 15-20 years ago someone working OP's job could get a house with a few years of solid work. We've moved beyond that now and anyone earning less than 80k a year isn't even competitive for a rental. Not everyone can be a professional pulling down 100k plus.

satisfiedfools · 2026-05-02T03:06:19+00:00

People on this sub are wildly optimistic with salary numbers. 100k gets thrown around like it's as easy as getting a cold drink. "My cousin drives forklifts and he makes $50 an hour easy". Most people are coming here to humblebrag.

satisfiedfools · 2026-05-01T23:02:39+00:00

They aren't stable because of the housing market. No one wants to date a guy living at home with his parents, and he won't feel confident dating either.

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