The Rent-to-Income Ratio Fantasy
Financial experts: "Your rent shouldn't be more than 30% of your income." Me: laughs in millennial Thirty percent? In this economy? My rent is approximately 847% of my income, and that's after I sacrifice my firstborn to the landlord gods and promise to never use the dishwasher. But sure, let me just manifest some affordable housing while I'm at it. Maybe if I budget hard enough, the laws of supply and demand will magically change.
