How did Ginger afford that huge house in SF on a grocery clerk's salary?
Not to mention whilst having two kids? I'm like so totally sure!
shareWhoring herself like they all did.
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Was it huge? I thought it looked like a modest apartment, something she could possibly afford on one wage with child support from her ex husband.
shareIn SF I'd assume that apartment is both considered huge and is also hugely expensive. Not a chance in hell she (or anyone else) could afford that as a grocery clerk! SNAP OUT OF IT!
shareUm. . .
You're familiar with rent control, yes?
Who knows how long she's lived there?
Simplest answers. . .
Even with rent control, she wouldn't be affording that place on minimum wage.
shareA) You don't know how much she made
B) You're just wrong. It would be unusual, but not at all unheard of. Up until a couple years ago, there were Plenty of people living in decent-sized apartments in SF/NY who survived for just that reason. No idea why you're trying to argue otherwise, but that's the fact of the matter.
In the past few years, landlords have been finding creative ways around rent control. . .but there are still to this day people who've been making it work.
Not to mention it's a movie not a documentary. Some creative licence is always going to happen.
shareWith all due respect to Woody, he's not very adept at creating working class characters which is what Jasmine's sister is supposed to be. I seriously doubt Woody even has an inkling how expensive it is to live in San Francisco these days. Class discussions are not his forté.
shareHuge - are you kidding? What movie are you talking about?
The place was a dump - on South Van Ness. Just the kind of place & location where someone like Ginger would live.
It looked perfectly believable as an apartment of a low income earner.
I live in SF. The neighborhood Ginger lives in is a dump, and the rents would reflect that - especially during bad economic times. And she could've been grandfathered into a rent-controlled apartment. I know someone who was, in a much nicer neighborhood.
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