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There was a huge discussion of inflation on another thread. Basically, for some people, the pandemic reduced their rent enormously for whatever reason.

For me personally in a major US city, most food is exactly the same price.



Really? I'm seeing shrinkflation or 10-20% increases on many items. It can be easy to miss too, like $2/lb meat going to $2.40/lb.

That's interesting that rent is dropping. Maybe that's only in very small locales?


Rent went down (perhaps temporarily) for some people who stayed in dense, expensive places with low quality of life (certain parts of the Bay Area).

As Americans run out of savings, we should see more of this kind of thing. Rent prices are unsustainable in many parts of the country.




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