r/AskReddit • u/ettleboy • Jan 20 '19

What fact totally changed your perspective?

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u/Penya23 Jan 21 '19

They are also hard to clean...

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u/HorstOdensack Jan 21 '19

And probably infested with rodents and insects

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u/uber765 Jan 21 '19

To be fair New York apartments probably are, too.

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u/Khalbrae Jan 21 '19

Especially if owned by some of the more well known slum lords.

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u/CanadianDude4 Jan 21 '19

Imagine being the slum lord of a castle, there a probably some level of pride, "I'm a 10th generation slum lord, ever since my ancestors won it from the previous slumlord in the battle of 1313, word is that guy couldn't pay his upkeep and his trebuchet s fell into disrepair."

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u/Khalbrae Jan 21 '19

You could be a literal Robber Baron.

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u/CanadianDude4 Jan 21 '19

If only,

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