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[โ€“] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Rent often is. But since renting doesn't build credit, lots of us can't "afford" a house even though we'd actually be saving money paying a mortgage instead of rent.

[โ€“] luckyhunter@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

yeah a 1 bedroom apartment here is a couple hundred more than my mortgage is per month, so i'm sure NYC would be double or triple.