A Boring Dystopia

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A family of 5 downsized to a one-bedroom apartment to escape feeling 'house poor.' Saving money hasn't been the only benefit. (www.businessinsider.com)

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[–] r00ty@kbin.life 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This seems quite similar to what we call I'm the UK inverse snobbery. It was quite a big thing (apparently) during ww2.

[–] RedAggroBest@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

In the US during the Great Depression, rich people would have "hard times parties" where they were all expected to dress like hobos (the common name for rail-riders and other migrant workers, not used as a derogatory insult to the homeless) and served intentionally cheap (but still often fresher than what the actual homeless were eating) stew.