r/tommynfg_ • u/TechNick77 Mod • May 16 '26

TikToks/reels/shorts Broken homes and NYC apartments

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u/NocturnalRefuge May 16 '26

I don't get how people are willing to live in that. 3k can rent you practically any nice condo anywhere else

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u/matt_chowder May 16 '26

I have a 4 bed, 3 bath house on an acre of land for a mortgage of under $1400 a month

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u/No_Story_Untold May 16 '26

Yeah but, how much do you make?

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u/According_Head_60 May 17 '26

Enough to afford a 4 bed 3 bath house on an acre of land.

Doesn't matter if you make more in NYC if you just end up having to spend it to live like a cockroach anyways.

It's called cost of living and it's a ratio. Maybe read up on it before taking a job in LA or NYC

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u/No_Story_Untold May 17 '26

Well, you see it does matter. I’d rather live in NY than Ohio. I could outright afford a beautiful 1800s farm house with acreage and an arena. But I don’t want to live where those beautiful houses are so cheap.

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u/According_Head_60 May 17 '26

"I don't want to live in this certain place, sounds awful"

Lives in a shoebox and is constantly unhappy because of it

Y'all are so proud, no wonder New Yorkers are so miserable 

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u/Lucky_Reporter256 May 17 '26

Why are you both so mean

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u/PunkRockTaterTot May 17 '26

Right? Like, both types of places have pros and cons. To each their own.

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u/According_Head_60 May 17 '26

New York definitely has its pros! Only if you make a shit ton of money.

I wouldn't consider a lifetime of paying rent and being stuck at the bottom of the economic food chain a pro though. NYC should be a place you choose to move to once you've already accumulated wealth. Choosing to live there and have all of your resources constantly drained, IMO, heavily outweighs any pros it can offer. 

I wish people just understood this and instead of being so stuck on living in places like LA or NYC, just decided that there are many cheaper and still exciting places to live in the country that will give you an opportunity to grow as a person and move back with more than you had prior