paganlobster t1_j43652h wrote
Reply to comment by Frunk2 in In MA, single women over 65 are more economically vulnerable than in any other state. Housing cost is a major factor. by Creative_Law_1484
>Adding to Judith's challenge was her determination to stay in the Newburyport area where she has friends, family and medical providers but where housing costs are high.
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>Judith's desire to stay near her home community is not uncommon, according to Renata Rouke, director of Individual Homeless Services at CTI, who works with the many experiencing homelessness around Lowell.
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>“They won't move,” said Rourke. “We explain to them, ‘There's more vacancies, there's more affordable housing in other parts of the state.’ But they will stay homeless rather than leaving their community.”
TL;DR she wants to be close to what little support she has left. Makes perfect sense to me. There is no affordable housing in those states for her either, if she was already struggling to pay ~$600/mo in rent, and she also would likely not qualify for as much support as she does in MA.
Frunk2 t1_j43mk3e wrote
Meanwhile we are telling families to live 2 hours out of the city they work in if they want to be able to afford kids on a 200k salary. Why is it unreasonable for her to commute to her support community, or build a new one elsewhere for that matter? She’s had her whole life to make decisions to set herself up for a decent retirement but now we’re all supposed to subsidize her having no savings while not being able to provide good education to inner city kids at the beginning of their lives?
paganlobster t1_j444yql wrote
It’s too exhausting to even think about explaining how fucked up this whole response is
[deleted] t1_j450zms wrote
Fuck off. Just admit you made a bunch of terrible life mistakes. You are the reason why communities are falling apart.
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