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OMG RENT WAS $90 A MONTH IN THE 1970'S WTF HAPPENED DURING THE YEARS?
its crazzi how much the economy has changed and how everything is so overpriced nowadays and you don't even get what you paid for...smdh
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I don't know where you live but I married at end of 70s and our rent over the next 7,8 years ranged from the $600. to $700. a month. But then I am in a bigger city on the West Coast. But now, one can barely get a studio apt. in my area for 1300. to 1500. a month at the low end and it goes up to 2000. or a little more. If its a double income household, when retirement comes, you can't afford a place to live. Or maybe all goes to rent and nothings left for phone, cable, heat, clothes and food for example. I live near Shag Apts for elderly and those people may have a home but they are living otherwise like the very poor.
So why is it happening? Only because of the greed of people in power higher up. Yes, there are more people on the planet now but there are ways to still do things that are better energy for the planet, better fuel systems for vehicles and so on, but those who have invented ways to for example, run a car on water or something else there is much of, are never hailed as brilliant because those who own oil companies would all of a sudden have no more income if gasoline was banned.
Solar energy could help too and I've read articles of places in the world where solar power is being tried and it takes much less panels than you think to power a whole town. Sunshine is free, so other than maintenance of any equipment, energy/electric could be free to all on the planet but due to greed at the top, it won't happen.
What I have seen is many people not able to afford rent. My husband and I were about to get into a mother in law apt but he broke his leg the day after and it was a 2 year recovery for him with 3 breaks and damage to the miniscus in knee. So we ended up livin in our van. We are still living that way as it is too hard to get back into an apt. During our time living that way we discovered that 1/3 of the homeless are clean working people like ourselves, another third are drug addicts and the last third are the mentally ill. Since we are living on the streets so to speak, we see the increase in people living in their vehicles and we tell them where the safe places to park at night are in our area. Due to the expense of working so hard two full time jobs to afford a place you only have time to sleep and shower, no other time left to be in your home, it doesn't make sense to many seniors to pay ones meager social security on rent. We shower at a gym we pay membership for, Planet Fitness as they are a big chain in many locations. And we have our bed in van. The two things those poor suckers who work two jobs to have, a place to sleep and shower only, we have as well but the only thing we are paying for is gym membership at 10. a month so 20. for us as a couple. Then there is phone cost, gasoline for vehicle and the usual once a year things like tabs and insurance. We discount shop for everything else, clothes, and discount groceries plus dollar store and find we are able to survive just fine.
Due to the crazy inflation, we are the beginning of a trend where the amount of homeless is increasing at an alarming rate. We'd rather prepare now than wait as many older people are doing now, they are outfitting vehicles to be their home on wheels. Think RV but smaller. So vans and Sprinter vans are becoming the choice for home and vehicle all in one. If you don't believe me and find it hard to afford rent, start looking up van dwelling on you tube. Many show how they've done it. We are currently outfitting a Sprinter to be our home. Have been living in a Chevy cargo van. Its cramped but we Have slept well and kept dry and warm in winter. Some may hang in town but plenty start choosingk a nomadic lifestyle and traveling to areas where they can park a length of time before needing to move again. If you are in this position, I am just guessing, or for curiousity sake, Look up 'Cheap RV Living' with your host Bob on You tube who goes over all things you need to consider and interviews others who are doing the same to see how they set up their vehicle as home.
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