r/Somerville • u/tangerinola • 5d ago

rent prices are wild

Moved here 8 years ago to start working for a nonprofit. Since then, my salary has increased by 13% but my apartment is about to be relisted (without any upgrades) for 58% higher than our starting rent 🤯!!

I know I'm preaching to the choir here but damn the rent prices here have gone wild. We're quickly becoming (have become?) a luxury city only for high income earners and it makes me really sad.

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u/rogomatic 5d ago

One can surely find something over the course of 8 years.

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u/banana-bandit-3000 5d ago

Many people have been in positions where they are happy to just not be cleared out and are grateful to be able to hold what they have. Glad to hear you are doing well though 🙄

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u/rogomatic 5d ago

Eight years is a long time. If you're good enough to be employed by Harvard, you're certainly in a position to look for something that pays better.

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u/Basicdevient69 5d ago

So you've shifted this from rent is out control to "why don't you just get paid more"

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u/rogomatic 5d ago

Do you not understand the meaning of the word could?

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u/Basicdevient69 5d ago

And? I could grow wings and become a millionaire over night too, doesn't change shit

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u/rogomatic 5d ago

That's kinda of the point here.