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Won't You Be My Neighbor?

Won't You Be My Neighbor?

Where I live, houses are so cheap a writer can afford two of them

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May 03, 2024
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A charming house is seen.
No, this one isn’t mine. I wish! Photo by Abby Rurenko on Unsplash

If it takes everything you’ve got to cover insane housing costs, you probably can’t consider a life as a writer, musician or artist. Even things like teaching and social work are going to be a stretch. What can you do but cast your body into the corporate meat grinder?

It hasn’t always tak…

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