Cost of living
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- I just paid $6.49 for a dozen eggs and $11 for a small block of cheese. We are a family of four eating on a budget and I genuinely cannot figure out where to cut anymore. We already stopped eating out months ago. The explanations make zero sense when prices keep going up on things made right here.
- Landlord just sent a 19% rent increase notice. In writing. For a 1-bedroom I've been in for 4 years. The lease renewal is in 6 weeks. I make decent money but this would be $340 more per month. The math doesn't work. Housing in this country is broken.
- My electricity bill went from $120 to $218 a month in two months. Nothing changed in my house. Heard it's partly because of all the new AI data centers in our region drawing massive power. Are we all just supposed to absorb this cost so tech companies can run their models?
- Gas goes down and I barely notice. Rent goes up and it changes my life. These two things are not the same kind of relief and I wish the headlines treated them that way.
- Spent 45 minutes last night flipping between five streaming apps trying to find something to watch. Everything is either behind a paywall, split across platforms, or requires an add-on. Between Netflix, Hulu, Max, Peacock, and Apple TV I'm spending more than cable and still can't find anything. When…
- Gas in my area dropped under $3 today for the first time in years. Should feel like good news. Somehow it just makes me angrier about everything else that hasn't budged.
- No WAR!!! The gas price has become quite Insane nowadays! 😠