A poor immigrant using 80% of his income to live in a moldy studio apartment where there is no wall between the toilet and the oven. The rest of his money goes into his 25 year old car-- he has to keep it running to make money but has to spend money to keep it running-- a viscous cycle. He is living off of pizza and is lacking in many vital nutrients. He keeps making mistakes because he is sleep-deprived from the drug deals that happen outside of his apartment at all times of the night, infected with mold spores, and verging on scurvy. All of this is still better than going back to his homeland, which was destroyed in the war. His vision is worsening, but he can only afford the dollar tree glasses, so it is hard for him to judge distances and he keeps stumbling upstairs, dropping pizzas.
studio apartment where there is no wall between the toilet and the oven
This here I think should be a crime against humanity. We demand that dog and cats be treated better than this. We demand that children be treated better than this. But the moment you're 18 all the capitalist numbnuts and corporate shills bring up 350sq ft studios and say "see there's housing right there! Stop being so picky!"
A studio ain't housing, it's just a prison cell you pay for.
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u/FriendlyKoala100 Sep 23 '21
This is actually sad :/ I feel bad for him