Mango people can no longer afford homes, only avocado people can

"I just got married and realised I have to live on my own to avoid my life becoming a Hindi soap. But my salary as a Marketing Marketer only allows me to rent one bedroom and half a bathroom."  

Tahmid Ahmed, 26, whose name statistically is the same as 37 percent of marketing executives, did not expect to fall into a typical housing dilemma. He had hopes. "I even had dreams," he exclaimed sorrowfully.

Recent spike in inflation post-Covid sent prices of apartments shooting through the roof. Many middle-class families commonly known as moderately mango people, have been saving for years to buy an apartment and stop paying outrageous rent to landlords.

Recent spike in inflation post-Covid sent prices of apartments shooting through the roof. Many middle-class families commonly known as moderately mango people, have been saving for years to buy an apartment and stop paying outrageous rent to landlords.

"I had dreams, you know. Dreams of raising the rent every two years like a true middle-class hero," stated Rozina Akhter crying pitifully.

In light of this, a new term has been coined to describes the affluent who own multiple apartments and at least five cars: avocado people. At a little over Tk 2,000 per kg, avocados are the new symbol of affluence and growth.

"While the housing cost is sadly getting out of control for many, what we should really focus on is to create a club to honour the avocado people for keeping the flow of cash fluid," said Belal Chowdhury, owner of the newly launched restaurant called L'Avocado where water takes three days to serve because it is flown in every time you order.