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TiredPistachio t1_j1ghr06 wrote

Because you are sharing your wealth with your landlord

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Foxcecil t1_j1h3ec1 wrote

Cause it costs nearly the same everywhere.

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Alarmed-Nothing6013 t1_j1hbhly wrote

Because you are paying for someone's affordable housing unit in the same building and the company that manages that unit.

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March_Latter t1_j1ho470 wrote

Working and living in a place with a high level of prosperity costs money. Would I pay it? No way, I would live south and take the train in.

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Slice-O-Pie t1_j1io9na wrote

Because one is a word from the 1700s and one is an apartment in 2022?

Just a wild guess.

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dskippy t1_j1ke3uk wrote

Yes. If you want to know why the working class is feeling really squeezed to make ends meet these days, it's actually not a bad idea to follow the money. Where is it going? Who's been getting more and more and more money lately. Clearly handouts to poor people. Poor people have all the money. We solved it.

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ConcentrateHairy5423 t1_j1osr89 wrote

Lawrence used to be a place where people didn’t even want to step foot in, but lately there has been a lot of housing developments happening. It helps too when the commuter rail is there and the city is small/walkable, but the cost is also unfortunately a contributing factor because it’s so small and a lot of people in-state/ immigrants are coming in pretty fast. Even tho it’s expensive, it’s still pretty cheap compared to living in Boston for a studio/ 1BR.

There’s just not enough room here unless you can afford the ridiculous high cost of housing by yourself or renting a room.

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