I feel like I am fortunate enough to have a job that pays me enough to afford these ridiculous prices. That said, I truly cannot fathom how some people are even able to afford rent based on the average pay I see posted for even the most highly skilled jobs. Do people just have like 3 roommates? 3 jobs? Do people just not pay rent? Are they just saddled with mass amounts of debt? And somehow the economy hasn’t completely collapsed (yet). Like how does anyone have money to spend on anything at all? It’s absolutely fucking ridiculous and it makes me seriously sick to my stomach when I look at salaries for job postings vs. rent rates for apartment listings. Something needs to be done about the housing crisis fucking yesterday. Not soon, not before the next election cycle, FUCKING NOW.