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No-Practice-8038 t1_je1siz6 wrote

Reply to comment by PrestigiousScale6207 in Thinking buying a house in journal square by PrestigiousScale6207

Honestly, it's a good time to buy property in the journal square area. It’s really not a bad neighborhood. Easy access to mass transit and nyc. There are many ethnicities in the area and mom and pop shops. It’s pretty safe. And there is a bit of hustle and bustle… which you might appreciate since you live in Queens.

If I had the money, I would buy. My cousin has a small 2 story house that is 3 blocks from the Path. Developers are constantly trying to buy it from him. It’s worth close to 700,000.

In 5 years it’s going to look like another disneyfied soulless corporate ghetto.

Also, if you want to live even a slower life look at Bayonne. The market is hot and is also a good investment.

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No-Practice-8038 t1_jdv68i8 wrote

Reply to comment by MarieSkiis in Looking for cleaning services that go to Greenville by forced_to_delete

I am not saying you are wrong in a sense. But it’s not that people don’t want to work. But people are tired of being exploited.

Real wages have not gone up for decades for most. Yet workers are being more productive than ever before for less.

My friend has a good job for a huge medical hospital system. But Management is driving them hard to do about 11 to 13 hours of work in a 8 hour shift. She is getting burnt out.

Inflation has been used by corporations to line their pockets with record profits while increasing prices for most goods.

McDonald’s can afford to raise wages and many other corporations as well. It’s just corporate and greedy investors don’t like sharing the trough with the peasants.

The economy isn’t in a weird place. Late end capitalism is real Ugly and people are tired of being slaves.

How is it that a few decades ago, you could afford a house, a car, maybe even college…. by working at a grocery store or working at the post office?

Oh those poor folks who have to sell their franchises. So many of them underpaying their workers for decades. At least they helped the workers apply for welfare. And made sure they didn’t work too many hours… so they weren’t required to give them benefits.

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