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The kids and I went to some lady's house a few weeks ago chasing those Woolies Disney cards. She had loads of spares. It turned out she was a single mum who worked at Woolies. I've been thinking about her since. I have no idea how she manages to live on that wage. She has to be on better rent than we are, our rent alone is about what a full-time Woolies worker would be paid.
Inheritance, family support, maybe a little windfall from insurance...
I know someone who will be coming out of 6 years prison soon and his parents will buy him a place so it's okay even if he takes a lower wage job... Another dude who had a breakdown maybe 12 years ago and never worked for a wage since, his parents have offered to cough up for a deposit after supporting his rent and treatment for years (I'm thinking there's a workplace payout involved as well)... There's a regular on the reddit DT who seemingly hasn't worked in many years, gets the DSP, but doesn't have to worry a cent about rent - presumably gifted the house by family...
Otherwise yeah. Rent is now easily a normal person's entire wage. Impossible on a single income
@Nath @just_kitten there a few compassionate landlords around, but they are few and far between.
Personally I don't get the cards, though I got a stupid amount of the bricks farm bricks a couple of years back and stored them, waiting for my daughter to be old enough to get excited by them, which is finally happening now she is 3, and we've been opening a few a day for a week or so. Much more fun than cards!