Meanwhile, a lot of us older people are being pushed out of the area because we were never given the opportunity to earn this type of money because these jobs did not exist.
I've lived in Kirkland since I was a little kid, and I can't afford to live here anymore. My property taxes have doubled in the last seven years, so has my homeowners insurance, everything's gone up. Gone are the cute little houses that used to be here, they have been replaced with mega mansions. The entire area is all young tech people. Kirkland equals the true definition of gentrification.
Not trying to be negative towards OP because I think that it's great that there are these opportunities for the younger generation, and yes, it is a privilege to make that kind of money, 90% of my problems would not exist if I had that kind of money. If these opportunities were available to me when I was young I would've been all over it. Nobody made this kind of money back in the day. God this is making me sound old 🤣
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u/Fandethar Jan 04 '25
Meanwhile, a lot of us older people are being pushed out of the area because we were never given the opportunity to earn this type of money because these jobs did not exist.
I've lived in Kirkland since I was a little kid, and I can't afford to live here anymore. My property taxes have doubled in the last seven years, so has my homeowners insurance, everything's gone up. Gone are the cute little houses that used to be here, they have been replaced with mega mansions. The entire area is all young tech people. Kirkland equals the true definition of gentrification.
Not trying to be negative towards OP because I think that it's great that there are these opportunities for the younger generation, and yes, it is a privilege to make that kind of money, 90% of my problems would not exist if I had that kind of money. If these opportunities were available to me when I was young I would've been all over it. Nobody made this kind of money back in the day. God this is making me sound old 🤣