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What small thing have you had to cut back because of the cost of living? (lazysoci.al)

submitted 2 months ago by CheeseToastie@lazysoci.al to c/casualconversation@lemm.ee

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I've had to stop buying tofu, it's too expensive. I also used to buy myself a cake from the local fancy bakery once or twice a month but had to jib that

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[–] dumblederp@aussie.zone 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I used to be able to afford a simple apartment in an inner suburb. Now I cannot and I'm living in the outer suburbs which is soul destroying. Driving anywhere sucks. There's no where decent to take a walk. Crime seems to be way up. If I was more settled with a family then maybe I'd have something to focus on, but it's up 1.5 hours to my old BJJ gym if traffic is shit, fuel costs a fortune now, cycling around here is suicidal, most of the food is shithouse due to lack of competition. The people I meet on dog walks seem to be specialists at rorting the welfare system - eg, one guy is on a pension for drug abuse and still abusing drugs, there's a bunch of government houses in the area that they've given to miscreants who trash the property they're given and invite a bunch of shifty criminal friends to hang out at who proceed to commit more crime in the area.