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27 January
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Can someone explain what this tweet is trying to say?
people really moving to nyc at age 22 from like south carolina to wait tables and boomerang long island iced teas on ig stories. cities have the opposite of a housing affordability crisis
https://twitter.com/CharlotteFang77/status/1618...
Can someone explain what this tweet is trying to say?
people really moving to nyc at age 22 from like south carolina to wait tables and boomerang long island iced teas on ig stories. cities have the opposite of a housing affordability crisis
https://twitter.com/CharlotteFang77/status/1618...
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- English (US)
@ttmto this person is saying a lot of people move into big cities for unrealistic dreams and have unrealistic expectations.
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- English (US)
@ttmto this person is saying a lot of people move into big cities for unrealistic dreams and have unrealistic expectations.
- Japanese
Thank you! I think I'm starting to understand but still need help.
As for the "wait tables and boomerang long island iced teas on ig stories." part, is it referring to working in a restaurant and posting pictures of iced teas on Instagram?
Also I'm not sure about the meaning of "cities have the opposite of a housing affordability crisis." Is it saying that cities do not suffer from a housing crisis?
As for the "wait tables and boomerang long island iced teas on ig stories." part, is it referring to working in a restaurant and posting pictures of iced teas on Instagram?
Also I'm not sure about the meaning of "cities have the opposite of a housing affordability crisis." Is it saying that cities do not suffer from a housing crisis?
- English (US)
@ttmto that is the literal definition of the words. But he is saying is that he is amazed people come to the city just to make minimum wage and party. I will be honest, I don’t understand the last part either, all major cities in the US are definitely having a housing affordability crisis‘.
- Japanese
Ah, so "wait tables and boomerang long island iced teas on ig stories" is a metaphor for being poor.
As for the last part, perhaps he was trying to say "As opposed to their expectations, cities are suffering a lot from the crisis and hard to live in."?
As for the last part, perhaps he was trying to say "As opposed to their expectations, cities are suffering a lot from the crisis and hard to live in."?
- English (US)
I‘d say the metaphor isn’t for being poor, but instead for wearing rose tinted glasses. If you know what that phrase means. Also, for the second part, that just doesn’t seem quite right to me. I think he might be saying something more along the lines that no one can afford a house because no one is working high paying jobs. I can’t say for sure though.
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