And yet, I’d have to have at least 3 of my 40-hour/week job just to afford the shittiest apartments that can be found in the shit-hole of a city that I have been trapped in my entire life. Yep, absolutely BOOMING. I’m certainly not forced to share a dump of a 700 square-foot with three other family members, at 40 years old, because studio apartments cost $2k/month and require you to gross at least 4.5x the rent to even be considered. Nope, not at all. Absolutely fucking booming, over here.