Eniko (moved ➡ gamedev.place)Jul 20, 2023

Who are these people that supposedly prefer to rent? The only good thing about renting is that, in theory, if something breaks its someone else's problem to get it fixed. But in practice what happens is that you now have an obnoxious middle man in between you and getting the problem fixed and they can just decide fixing it isn't one of their priorities and you just get to deal with shit being broken

So who. Who actually enjoys renting when they intend to stay somewhere long term? Feel like this is just some bullshit landlords came up with to justify why renting is okay and people fell for their propaganda

Show threadEniko (moved ➡ gamedev.place)Jul 20, 2023

"Oh but you can leave any time your lease is up and that gives you freedom"

Uh-huh. And your landlord can decide not to renew your lease any time it's up too, so that's cool. Don't think a lot of people are super into feeling housing insecure on a yearly basis

Show threadEniko (moved ➡ gamedev.place)Jul 20, 2023
And if you have a great landlord and or your apartment is rent controlled then that's great but that maybe means you prefer renting in that specific context but that's not exactly the default context so I feel like that ain't "I prefer renting (in general)"
Show threadEniko (moved ➡ gamedev.place)Jul 20, 2023
Renting is, generally, fucking miserable and you don't get your money back out when you leave. Not even your fucking deposit. So I call bullshit. This whole thing smacks of "10 reasons why working from home is overrated" propaganda
Show threadEniko (moved ➡ gamedev.place)Jul 20, 2023
Idk man I just really hate when people make up a fictional guy who somehow prefers renting when people point out genuine structural problems with the very concept of landlord existing
Show threadEniko (moved ➡ gamedev.place)

I think maybe people don't understand what the word "prefers" implies. Like if I prefer to travel by train but visiting my mom would take a week by train and 5 hours by plane then I can still take the plane and it doesn't mean I prefer to travel via air

If you're somewhere temporarily so buying doesn't make sense you still prefer to own. If you're moving to a new area and want to rent while you orient yourself before committing to buy, you still prefer to own. If you want to own a place but it's in the bay area and you can only afford a rent controlled apartment then you still prefer to own

Jul 20, 2023 at 9:01pmWeb
Show threadsmallfreakJul 20, 2023
@eniko
In the end, all that matters is what you do, not what you prefer. And there is no such thing like "without alternatives". Each and every decision is a decision against at least one possible alternative - that you just don't like that much.
Show threadMichael TeaJul 20, 2023
@eniko Great examples of usage of the word 'prefer' 😎