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 threadBlue Appaloosa

@eniko So l was talking to someone the other day, in her 60's, has owned homes before, and she just doesn't want the hassle of home ownership anymore. She doesn't need a huge space, prefers someone else handle yardwork/maintenance/etc so she can just enjoy living. She's capable of doing that stuff still, just doesn't want to.

Now, I'm not saying all landlords are good about keeping up on maintenance/etc, but that's what she wants. So yeah, there are people who might prefer to rent. Maybe not *most* people, and definitely not as many people as there are places to rent. But there are and will always be some.

Jul 20, 2023 at 9:50pmWeb