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 We are stuck living here, surrounded by reactionary assholes and bullies, who are so loud that we can never even sit outside to enjoy the summer and who literally don't let us breathe, because the air is so fucking thick with perfume in the morning and smoke from their balcony fire places and grills in the evening. The rent just got even higher, to the point of almost no longer payable. Yet we can't move. Because of the pandemic and all the high-risk situations a move would entail. I am so done. 
 Everyfuckingthing is getting more expensive. Rent, extra charges, health insurance, electricity, public transport, postage and even our small allotment garden, that is supposed to support us in sustenance. How should this be feasible? It is a continuous shift of funds to the top. The poor get squeezed to their last dime, while the rich get ever more rich. Filthy rich.