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   Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Monday, 25-Sep-2023 19:21:04 JST Aral Balkan

   On a property ad I saw today: “**Some images contain virtual staging**”

   Really?

   So some images are fake. Nice. Like trying to find somewhere to live in Ireland wasn’t difficult enough as it is.

   #ireland #property #virtualStaging #ffs

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Sep-2023 01:40:58 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Kim Possible

     @kimlockhartga Yep, major housing crisis.

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     Kim Possible (kimlockhartga@beige.party)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Sep-2023 01:41:00 JST Kim Possible

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     @aral Is there a housing shortage there, too? I'm in the U.S.

     My theory is that when the whole world suffered the financial crisis, very few new construction projects were going on. Now, everyone needs to catch up with demand. There are currently three huge new town home and apartment projects going up near me, and I live(d) in a small community.

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Sep-2023 19:18:21 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Kim Possible

     @kimlockhartga I hear you.

     They just released prices for townhouses in Bray and they start at €620,000+

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     Kim Possible (kimlockhartga@beige.party)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Sep-2023 19:18:23 JST Kim Possible

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     @aral It's so sad. There is so little affordable housing in my area. Sure, they are building townhouses and apartments, but the townhouses cost over $300k and I can't imagine the rent on those new apartments. The ones nearest us are $1200 a month. If you do the math that "rent should only be a quarter of your income," that means everyone should be making almost $5k a month. That is not the average pay of any worker who would rent an apartment, not even for couples or working two jobs. Where are our essential personnel, the people who keep society running, supposed to live?!?