But thats almost* everyone in Atlanta (esp black people).
We are taught from a young age, that you should always stay FLY/fresh (whatever they call it these day)
Even when we are little and in school (k-12) we gotta have the best clothes, some good shoes etc.
then when we get out of school, we gotta have a small cheap ass run down apartment. (because the nigga who trying to go to school and who stays at home with his parents is lame and gets no pussy and black women dont want nothing to do with him).
now if we was to instead of renting that $500 month apartment at age 18, and actually saved that money, stayed at home 2 more yrs with the parents until he/she would have SHIT loads of money in his/her account (this is what the white kids do).
ie. if you would had not moved out at age 18.
$500 month x 12 = $6000 per yr
$100 mo utilites x 12 = $1200 per yr
1yr savings (at home) $7200
2yr savings (at home) $14400
3yr savings (at home) $21600
4yr savings (at home) $28800
5yr savings (at home) $36000 etc you get the point
and my numbers was only using $500 a mo + $100 utilities (real world is higher than this)
dont get me started with the cars. young blacks (even the ones who make decent money) go out and buy over priced cars.
Even white corporate america have taken notice of this type of behavior,
ie the invention of rent to own,
but a few years ago they took it to the next level.
they created RENT to own rims/wheels
niggas will take a 1998 Pontac grand-am and put it on some damn 20" rims (fair market value of a car less than 2k) they will rent some damn $2000 rims with some $1000 tires on it. then let them repo the whole damn car because they put a lien on the car. and have the right to come get it, because you mised one payment.
Even the media tried to write about this.
http://www.ajc.com/news/business/new-spin-on-rent-to-own-rental-stores-reality-shif/nQSHZ/
BOSS: we got another dumb nigga who want some 22"s
sitenote: they dont even gives the niggas the $8-9hr jobs in the stores
Now the place RENTS tires.
read the story ^
"Rasheed said buying the two tires new from RIMCO would have cost her $308.99 plus tax; to pay for them over the course of a year would be $494.04 plus tax. With the addition of a fee for hazard assistance, Rasheed said, she spent close to $
600 for the
2 tires when she paid them off."
but buying two tires from walmart/goodyear/firestone would had been less than $
200.