Rent: The Bill That Keeps Us "Home" – or So They Say
Rent. It’s that monthly reminder that, despite every effort, we're just borrowing a slice of the world that our wallets can barely keep up with. Housing, they say, is a basic human need, but paying for it is anything but basic. You can work hard, stay late, save every penny, yet the rent climbs like it's on a treadmill set to "impossible." The idea that paying rent is part of "being an adult" sounds like a dead joke when you realize you’re paying just to exist on a piece of ground you’ll never own. We're paying a huge chunk of our income every month for a space that isn’t even really ours. Don’t pay? You’re out. Yet somehow, this setup is “normal.” Each month, millions face the silent stress of rent day, all while watching the cost of housing rise faster than most can keep up with. In the end, rent feels less like a fair trade and more like a system designed to keep us chasing – but never quite catching – the illusion of stability.