Bengaluru \u2014 the city of start-ups, tech, and soul-crushing rent. Those who live in the city know exactly how taxing the rent-a-home drill is: sky-high security deposits and landlords think every tenant is a techie with either their own successful venture or earning lakhs with top tech companies.<\/p>\n
Sharing a similar incident, one frustrated Bengaluru resident said she drops a harsh reality bomb \u2014 \u201cNot everyone works in IT, and not everyone is making lakhs.\u201d<\/p>\n
She rightly highlighted that skyrocketing rent leaves non-techies scrambling to plan their budgets.<\/p>\n
In a viral Instagram post, the content creator \u2018Namma Rants\u2019 said, \u201cOwners in Bangalore really need to understand that not everybody who comes to Bangalore works in IT, and not everybody is earning in lakhs.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, this is the reality: everyone who comes here has a different job, and everyone has a different salary,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
She then urged landlords to keep non-techies in mind and to consider that not everyone earns lakhs of rupees \u201cwhen fixing the rent\u201d.<\/p>\n
The woman said that she understands that inflation has gone up and everything has become more expensive, \u201cbut the way the rent and the security deposits are continuously increasing here… it is not easy to survive here.\u201d<\/p>\n
The content creator said a lot of people are facing this exact problem \u2014 \u201cSurvival here is becoming very difficult. What will we earn? What will we eat? What will we save?\u201d<\/p>\n
She also shut down the trolls, who she said would question her why she came to Bengaluru and can just leave \u2014 \u201cPeople come here for work. Everyone leaves their home to earn a living.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDoesn't mean that just because the rent is high here, I should just go back and sit at home,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
In the caption of the post, she wrote: \u201cIn a recent conversation with the owner while I was trying to bargain, he bought it up saying you\u2019ll earn in lakhs and come from the IT department, so why are you asking to reduce the rent?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat shook me, and I was like, I am not from IT and only IT people are kit the ones buying the flats, so what about people like us? Where should we find a place?That\u2019s why I want to burst this bubble for the owners here,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
Social media users agreed with the viral post, with some pointing out that not all techies earn in lakhs.<\/p>\n
\u201cApplause for you, sis. What you said is the true main point. They should understand,\u201d a user said. \u201cThat's true… I live in Bangalore.. I know how expensive it has become to live in this city due to the rise in room rents…\u201d another added.<\/p>\n
A netizen said, \u201cSomeone finally said it, since yesterday looking for homes and now sitting with a headache rent deekhke.\u201d<\/p>\n