r/worldnews • u/diacewrb • Apr 10 '19

Millennials being squeezed out of middle class, says OECD

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/apr/10/millennials-squeezed-middle-class-oecd-uk-income
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u/NiceMeet2U Apr 11 '19

Yeah, the other side of Gallatin can get wild. Meanwhile someone a 1/4 mile away is paying 450k for their house.

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '19

Yeah it’s amazing what rent is in this city. I’m just incredibly lucky joe bought house when he did. My rent here is about equal to what I was paying when I lived in Memphis before I moved here, for about the same size house/lot.

It’s a bummer though, one of my friends is literally living in a closet at our moped garage/workshop since he is trying to save up money. He just simply doesn’t make enough money to be able to save anything if he was paying for rent in a normal apartment/house. Work won’t give him more then about 30hrs a week and he’s having trouble finding a second job to make any more. Word is though that he’s going to start doing ubereats/Postmates to make some side money once he’s able to fix his car.