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1. Oneesan succubus (lain@pleroma.soykaf.com)'s status on Friday, 26-Jan-2018 15:21:57 EST Oneesan succubus
   I don't even disagree, the statistic just doesn't prove at all what the picture is trying to say
   1. Captain Poni 🛤️ (pony@haupt.bahnhof.cz)'s status on Friday, 26-Jan-2018 15:26:42 EST Captain Poni 🛤️

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      @lain When I combine it with a mean household income, looks like quite a lot of people in the US can afford at least an average apartment.

      (Now, it's a different thing from an individual income, but far more representative, you don't get to pay two rents if you live with a partner. That's another bad hole in the picture.)

      1. Oneesan succubus (lain@pleroma.soykaf.com)'s status on Friday, 26-Jan-2018 15:28:32 EST Oneesan succubus

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         @pony in the end, it's not really surprising that an average household can pay the rent for an average apartment.
         
         Either way, I don't even disagree that housing is expensive, just with the way the OP image tries to argue for it.
         1. Captain Poni 🛤️ (pony@haupt.bahnhof.cz)'s status on Friday, 26-Jan-2018 15:31:54 EST Captain Poni 🛤️

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            @lain I mean, it probably doesn't make much sense because US got quite a high home-ownership rate, nation-wide averages in such a big country are probably not very important, federal minimum wage is just a baseline for local regulation, etc. Like, yeah, it's a poor way to propagate the message (that I also have no problem agreeing with, in a sense).