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Re:Photos of items from families in different countries with... by jt2190 on Thursday July 16, 2026 @02:08PM (#48938058)
The housing market is highly dependent on the job market so no, it’s not “being fussy”, it’s “I need to live here so I can have a job and income”. Unless you’re suggesting that people should quit their jobs and go get that cheap house in the middle of nowhere?
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Re:Photos of items from families in different countries with... by onraglanroad on Thursday July 16, 2026 @02:22PM (#48938227)
What does the person who fixes your toilet do? Or prepares your meal? Or basically lives the Fight Club life?
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Re:Photos of items from families in different countries with... by aianus on Thursday July 16, 2026 @02:50PM (#48938621)
Depressingly, they bought a house in 1995 before the prices exploded. You need a 94th percentile income in Toronto to barely qualify for the average house.
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Re:Photos of items from families in different countries with... by qurren on Thursday July 16, 2026 @02:27PM (#48938285)
If they didn't tax everyone so damn much, it would work out.

They fix the toilet for $200, I need to earn $400 to have that $200, and the toilet repair person gets to keep $100 after their taxes.

$400->$100 in one go. Government keeps $300. Make that make sense.

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