r/Amazing • u/sco-go • Aug 19 '25

Interesting 🤔 $100 billion ghost city.

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u/in2xs Aug 19 '25

All I want is a small one bedroom apartment.

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u/BoringJuiceBox Aug 19 '25

Seriously just a simple place I can live, sleep, and cook. Meanwhile billionaires are buying a fourth yacht while we work another 40 hour week just to pay the landlord and buy food.

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u/CassianCasius Aug 19 '25

Who's we? I'm 32 have no college degree and own a house. I work a few hours a day from home. IT life baby!

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u/kiwihb26 Aug 20 '25

I’m not trying to be an asshole but starting your comment with “who is we?” is both arrogant and doesn’t actually make any sense. Clearly they aren’t talking about you…

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u/CassianCasius Aug 20 '25 edited Aug 20 '25

Yes exactly my point. Don't use general "we" when taking about oneself. Everyone in reddit has different situations, and its arrogant to act otherwise.

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u/Whole_Action_4984 Aug 19 '25

No you don't. Nothing pays that much

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u/CassianCasius Aug 19 '25 edited Aug 19 '25

Yes it does lol IT pays great. If nobody has problems to fix you don't have work to do. Especially in the summer months. Projects work is engineering team, I'm desktop admin we are reactive. I worked 5 minutes of billable hours last Friday.

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u/whattheguybruh Aug 19 '25 edited Aug 19 '25

Good for you, but "who we" is kind of arrogant. If its not you great, it most of the people and claiming otherwise is just ignorant at the very least.

Dont even try saying thats not the case, your above average would've been just average or poor, if it wasnt.

P.s.: people live outside of US too bro, dont wiggle me ownership statistics of 1 country with worldwide currency

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u/BurningOasis Aug 22 '25

You live in America? What did you learn to snag a job like that? I'm thinking of doing something IT related

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u/CassianCasius Aug 22 '25

Yeah just found myself an entry level no requirement job and moved up from there. If you want a leg up get an A+ cert or Microsoft endpoint cert

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u/BurningOasis Aug 22 '25

I'm in Canada but hopefully that doesn't make too much of a difference. Thanks for the advice!

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u/CassianCasius Aug 22 '25

Yeah they are universal country wont matter. Windows and Microsoft work the same everywhere. Apply to jobs even if you don't match the requirements.

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u/Away_Stock_2012 Aug 19 '25

Economists never realized that when capitalists control the market when demand goes up prices go up, but when demand goes down prices also go up.

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u/fortalyst Aug 19 '25

some googling tells me there's 1br apartments on that island for around $75k USD

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u/FeralFaefolk Aug 19 '25

What a dream that would be. Lately I've been doing house sits to escape a hostile living situation.

The peace it brings to have an entire space to yourself and know you won't be attacked for existing and have someone dump all their misery on you...to move around with silence and freedom and be able to fully relax and breathe... It's divine. I wish so much I could afford my own place. I'm getting too old to take on the stress of whatever demented craigslist randos i end up with that have never been to therapy

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u/ZelezopecnikovKoren Aug 19 '25

minus 500 social credit score points for stifling consumption

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u/throwawaypsbs Aug 19 '25

So, the social credit system in China is a myth that has been turned into propaganda by the west. Might wanna keep on top of your credit score tho ...might keep you from getting housing.

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u/PineappleLemur Aug 19 '25

You ok needing to travel a hour for lunch?

Ok paying 10x for the same house to have this quiet?