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Re: Ask HN: Have any of you moved back home to save money?

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Post by belly_joe »

I'm 30, in grad school, and moved back in with my parents just prior to the corona lockdown.

I didn't break my old lease, so I didn't save much money until last month when the lease was up. I thought I was going to move out again around August but with nothing opening up I don't really see a point in it, and will probably live here for the foreseeable future. Plus, I actually really enjoy living at home.

I feel vaguely embarrassed about it but with nothing open it doesn't really come up much.

Re: Ask HN: Have any of you moved back home to save money?

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Post by danans »

Something that the pandemic and the associated housing churn offers to young and childless city dwellers is the opportunity to move somewhere they can find a sense of community, which for many is something that is lacking in their lives as evidenced by the long HN threads on the very real subject of alienation felt by young workers in physically anonymous environments.

They might find this back in the small town they came from, or it might be just in another neighborhood of the same city that has more of a sense of community. It's not unusual for large impact events like this to cause people to consider switching to different style of life - and matching setting - that involves getting more connected with the people who live around them, or moving to a place more amenable to that.

I've already seen several examples of this happening on a local level, so I figure it's a real sub-trend among the many sudden human movement patterns initiated by the pandemic.

Re: Ask HN: Have any of you moved back home to save money?

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Post by bradlys »

You're not alone. A lot of my peers in their 20s have already moved back in with their parents or were already with them to begin with (if their parents lived in the area). Some of the moved cross country shortly after the WFH orders went into place - presumably to save money.

If you get along with your family well enough, where they live makes sense for your job (internet/timezone), and they have the space to house you for then why not do it.

I won't be doing it for multiple reasons but I feel like I'm the minority. Most of my peers get along with their parents. (would be hard for them to break into the SF Bay Area with no parental support) I don't get along with mine - so I'll continue to pay out my ass to rent a substandard living space.

Re: Ask HN: Have any of you moved back home to save money?

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Post by jkachmar »

I’m 29 and living in downtown Manhattan at the moment. I decided to re-sign for my lease, which would have ended this month, after negotiating some concessions from my landlord.

Everyone’s got different priorities, but I enjoy living here and I’ve budgeted to account for my rent even if my job situation changes drastically.

Lockdown was unpleasant-but-tolerable through the worst of it (end of March -> end of April), and at this point I’ve got a good system for dealing with another one.

Generally though, I’m concerned that other states and municipalities aren’t going to deal with a resurgence as well as the NYC metro area might. My family lives in New Jersey, so I’d be comfortable going out there if I felt that I had to, but I’d absolutely prefer paying to stay in NYC over returning to family living in most of the other US states.

Re: Ask HN: Have any of you moved back home to save money?

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Post by client4 »

I was going to move to Singapore in June. Rather than re-singing my lease, I bought a pickup and a camper. I only plan on doing RV life until October-ish, and then if the world is still on lockdown I'll find somewhere for the winter. Annoyingly all leases seem to be 1-year, and anything less has a crazy markup. I'm inclined to purchase some land, put up a steel kit building, and make it a home/shop space for the winter.

Re: Ask HN: Have any of you moved back home to save money?

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Post by kixiQu »

Let's calm down in the comments with assumptions about what people's relationships with their parents look like. E.g., some people's parents get in the way of dating, some don't. Some would be happy to see you again, some wouldn't. Some have room to take you, some don't! Talk about your own experience.

My experience is that my parents live in a national COVID hotspot so... yeah no. Also moving while we're in a pandemic ain't fun--I'm moving in with a SO.

Re: Ask HN: Have any of you moved back home to save money?

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Post by throw51319 »

a-wu wrote: post #70

Yup. Living with parents. Cancelled my lease (saving $3500/mo). My manager agreed to let me stay at home at least for the rest of 2020. Honestly, it's been nice. My mom cooks for me like I'm a teenager again, and I only recently graduated and I went to school pretty close to home so I have close HS friends or college friends nearby to physically distanced socialize. I was planning on moving back here in the future bu…

Nice. Same for me on the mom cooking lol. It really is next level. Did you move out of NYC?

Re: Ask HN: Have any of you moved back home to save money?

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Post by jkachmar »

baby wrote: post #4

To hijack this thread, has anyone moved places in the same city to decrease their rent? In SF right now rents are taking a pretty big dip and I’m thinking about moving apartment.

I stayed in my apartment but negotiated a concession from my landlord to lower the effective annual rent.

Re: Ask HN: Have any of you moved back home to save money?

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Post by throw51319 »

ARandomerDude wrote: post #68
purplezooey wrote: post #59

Depends on your age a little, at 20 OK, 30 mostly OK, at 40, hmm.

More like 20 - OK 25 - hmm 28 - grow up

Ha maybe without the pandemic. But with the pandemic I would say up until 30 is completely fine... stacking mad guap
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