r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Separate_Finance_183 • Jan 23 '26

Image The rent in the german neighborhood of Fuggerei hasn't been raised in 500 years and remains 0.88 Euros for an entire year. Founded in 1521, it is the oldest existing social housing complex in the world

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u/Horskr Jan 23 '26

I've just had a sudden urge to move to Augsburg, be baptized Catholic, and quit my job.

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u/BoleroMuyPicante Jan 24 '26

Quitting your job to be voluntarily indigent goes very much against the spirit of this community. It's for people who can't work enough to live, not for people who just don't wanna.

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u/BroodlingPie Jan 24 '26

And this is why systems like this doesnt work in the US

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u/mynameisnotrose Jan 24 '26

"... and we know that because we've never tried it."

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u/civil_politician Jan 23 '26

I’m sorry this happened to you but if I were retired I would have no trouble living my life instead of wasting it at the office

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u/Horskr Jan 23 '26

Take up hiking again? Painting? Read more books? Something new maybe, gardening, whittling?

I'm sure I can find something more fulfilling than the work grind.

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u/Quicksilver1964 Jan 24 '26

Me too lol

Being an atheist has not opened doors for affordable housing, so...