A self declared “ratepayer” of the City of Melville is at a loss to understand why an obvious renter weighed in on an important community issue.
Speaking exclusively to The Times, Carol* who didn’t want her real name being used said she’d taken to her community FB group to voice concern about cars having the audacity to park on a public street that she so happens to live on.
After a robust discussion of NIMBYistic beauty, a person renting on the street chimed in to tell her to get over it. That’s when all hell broke loose.
Carol* continued,
“Who said they could speak? Renting trash. I have paid rates in this suburb for decades and I will be respected! Maybe temporary residents should learn their place! What do they think, they REALLY live here?”
Indeed, her sense of entitlement comes from the fact she bought a house in the area for peanuts many years ago and now it’s worth a fair few more peanuts.
That’s in stark contrast to the heathen renter who out of desperation has agreed to pay $900 a week so his family can have a home.
Should paying $900 a week get you a spot at the community table? Well absolutely not. Another ratepayer who bought their place for less than a LandCruiser told The Times,
“If they want to have their voice heard in the community they should stop ordering avocado on toast, pull themselves up by their bootstraps and simply buy a $2.5M property!”
Needless to say, the renter was removed from the group and ratepayers all agreed to stop saying hello to him.
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