Money, Landlords, Capitalism and Renters: Gentrification

Gentrification

By Broke boy - 16/04/2025 12:00 - United States

Today, after I got a second job to help cover rent, my landlord just raised it anyway “because the neighborhood is up-and-coming.” There’s still a pothole the size of a kiddie pool in front of my building. FML

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By Well... fuck me sideways and call me Eustace - 31/01/2013 11:34 - United States - Riverside

Today, on my way to work, I hit a pothole about the size of Alabama, bending my wheel and flattening my tire. After changing it and having to explain myself to my furious boss, I went back on that road in my other car to take a picture of the pothole. While looking for it, I hit it again. FML

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Today, I ran over a pothole that was so small it barely qualified as a hole, more like a dent than a hole, but somehow it was still enough to completely crack the rim of my tire and made me 3 hours late to work. I get paid by the hour, so this will hurt my paycheck. FML

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Today, a tenant complained about me on the local news by name. The company I work for refuses to fix the electric in her building. I make $41K per year, and I’m “a selfish millionaire slumlord.” FML

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tiptoppc 19

Sunday 20 April 2025 16:31

Time to start dumping actual shit into pothole and docking rent for the smell. Let him try to rent that out…

Studious_Gluteus 19

Friday 18 April 2025 2:46

Land leaches are scum.

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Studious_Gluteus 19

Friday 18 April 2025 2:46

Land leaches are scum.

tiptoppc 19

Sunday 20 April 2025 16:31

Time to start dumping actual shit into pothole and docking rent for the smell. Let him try to rent that out…

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