Gotta say, though I stan mansions that I’ll never have, modern well-appointed high-rise apartments with floor-level access control fobs, Nest, package lockers, good gym/amenities, 24/7 security, concierge... they’re pretty sweet compared to some dank old apartments I’ve lived in
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That first year in the US, I was so scared of spending $, I managed to live unbelievably cheaply. Shared larger of the 2 bedrooms with another student, ate out like twice in entire first semester, and managed to save almost half my entire first year stipend.
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Bought used car and a dirt-cheap 3 week backpacking trip the following summer (1998) with savings before loosening the scrooges and living in less of an acting-dead way. But still managed to live super dirt cheap life till like 2005. Then... marriage + living in big cities = $$$
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Feels like another era entirely. Grad students don’t seem to live like this anymore.
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I’m a sucker that’s why. Half my peers from back then are VPs with suburban McMansions now and brats in high school, while I’m still bumming around like an immature schmuck having learned absolutely nothing since 1997 and headed for the emergency gofundme retirement plan
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