Shard@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.ml · 11 months agoSince we're railing on corporate America...lemmy.worldimagemessage-square104fedilinkarrow-up12.42Karrow-down121
arrow-up12.4Karrow-down1imageSince we're railing on corporate America...lemmy.worldShard@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.ml · 11 months agomessage-square104fedilink
minus-squareCurlyMoustache@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up16·11 months agoI also wanted to go to the US to work. When I was done studying, and had a degree. Moving to NYC to work was a life goal until I researched the working conditions. Fuck that.
minus-squareChiwiu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·11 months agoI’d say movies and tv series are the blame to the youth wish to live there… who hasn’t dreamed to be in the NY of “Friends” per example? Then you start thinking that they had huge apartments and were almost never working and that doesn’t match with reality 🤣
minus-squarePersnickityPenguin@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoWell, rent WAS cheaper back in the 90s, but NYC wasnt that cheap.
I also wanted to go to the US to work. When I was done studying, and had a degree. Moving to NYC to work was a life goal until I researched the working conditions. Fuck that.
I’d say movies and tv series are the blame to the youth wish to live there… who hasn’t dreamed to be in the NY of “Friends” per example?
Then you start thinking that they had huge apartments and were almost never working and that doesn’t match with reality 🤣
Well, rent WAS cheaper back in the 90s, but NYC wasnt that cheap.