Mr_Finley7 t1_iwdjgsr wrote on November 14, 2022 at 9:06 PM

Reply to comment by ScarletFire21 in Salary in So. Maine by [deleted]

I don’t know why but I was assuming we were talking about a one bedroom, my bad. I still can’t believe Biddeford rents are keeping up with Portland’s. The housing/rental market is an absolute horror show. But from what I’m hearing from friends in NH maybe that’s just the price we have to pay for the “privilege” of living in NE.

Mb they intentionally want the poor to fuck off to some red state dystopia.

ScarletFire21 t1_iwepgro wrote on November 15, 2022 at 2:10 AM

No, it’s a lot of demand and not enough supply. Plain and simple. No other ulterior motive. Couple that with a historic region of the country that still maintains a lot of draconian laws in regards to building new affordable housing and old zoning laws etc etc etc, and the supply that IS out there is 90% of the time of older quality. Go to Phoenix AZ and $1500 per month apartment gets you a brand new luxury 1 or 2 bedroom with a bidet and your own personal Asian masseuse. In Biddeford, Portland, Westbrook, or any other “affordable” cities in Southern Maine, $1500 gets you a toilet meant for an ass the size of the Keebler Man, heat that doesn’t work, neighbors with missing teeth and a 23 year old non-verbal son, and a homeless guy who sleeps underneath your bedroom window. Lol.