Anonymous
8/5/2025, 1:39:19 PM
No.106148608
>>106147853
>This will probably make you more depressed
Nah, it's OK; glad to hear you're managing to stay afloat, especially given you have kids.
The thing that frustrates me the most about all this, if you'll indulge me one final gripe, is that my job/role pays ~20% more if I lived in Melbourne. Like there's naturally very intense resistance to the idea of giving out any kind of pay raise when everyone is trying to reduce costs, but SA only has its dingy little service economy- and it's been flooded by interstate investment from parties with significantly more capital, causing inflation of housing prices to a degree where they're costing as much as in places that actually matter (ie. Melbourne). And as a local I'm kind of stuck, because I can't compete against eg. a corporate landlord offering above the asking price, or someone from Sydney planning to WFH, but nor can I really afford to move. Just kinda stuck (in fucking Adelaide).
>This will probably make you more depressed
Nah, it's OK; glad to hear you're managing to stay afloat, especially given you have kids.
The thing that frustrates me the most about all this, if you'll indulge me one final gripe, is that my job/role pays ~20% more if I lived in Melbourne. Like there's naturally very intense resistance to the idea of giving out any kind of pay raise when everyone is trying to reduce costs, but SA only has its dingy little service economy- and it's been flooded by interstate investment from parties with significantly more capital, causing inflation of housing prices to a degree where they're costing as much as in places that actually matter (ie. Melbourne). And as a local I'm kind of stuck, because I can't compete against eg. a corporate landlord offering above the asking price, or someone from Sydney planning to WFH, but nor can I really afford to move. Just kinda stuck (in fucking Adelaide).