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Another user said Gurner had it all wrong and blamed her student loan debt for her inability to afford a home.

Millennial to millionaire: $2 avocados aren't the reason I can't afford a home. Student loans are. https://t.co/0exemEm4AT

— Kaitlyn (@KaitlynMKE) May 15, 2017

A Twitter user from Wisconsin said he’s going after the wrong crowd because the \"$22 avocado toast crowd are not the ones who can't afford a property.\"

@TIME Tim Gurner - the $22 avocado toast crowd are not the ones who can't afford a property.

— Chop Shop (@Chopshop2011) May 15, 2017

Others went on to flag reports that Gurner received a $34,000 loan from his grandfather to kickstart his first real estate project.

\"This millionaire guy got $34k from his grandfather to buy his first investment property at age 19. So the real advice is: be wealthy,\" one person said.

@SemSunshine1 @baddestmamajama @DrM2theJ @TIME This millionaire guy got $34k from his grandfather to buy his first investment property at age 19. So the real advice is: be wealthy.

— Chris Sturr (@ChrisSturr) May 15, 2017

Similarly, another Twitter user said if she could get a \"small loan of $34,000 to launch a property empire” she may be able to afford “avocado toast and homes.”

@TIME Maybe if we could all get a small loan of $34,000 to launch a property empire we could afford avocado toast and homes pic.twitter.com/Lf3X9xeq6c

— Kate Beckman (@Kate_Beckman) May 15, 2017

Another person accused Gurner of boasting about building \"apartments near cafes for 27-32 year olds\" and then attacking \"young people for buying $4 coffees.”

Tim Gurner boasts he builds apartments near cafes for 27-32 year olds. Then attacks young people for buying $4 coffees. pic.twitter.com/7o7V1X80wz

— Anthony Sharwood (@antsharwood) May 15, 2017

This is not the first time that young Australians have been slammed for spending money on the pricey fruit.

In an op-ed published in the Australian last year, Demographer Bernard Salt targeted young people who go to “hipster cafes” and “order smashed avocado with crumbled feta on five-grain toasted bread at $22 a pop” instead of saving up to buy a home. Those comments also sparked outrage.

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