The faucet that somehow aged 50 years in 6 months

I moved into an apartment in Austin last February and the kitchen faucet was fine. Six months later it looks like it survived a war - the chrome is peeling off in chunks and there's this weird green crust around the base. My landlord says it's because hard water here is aggressive but I've never seen anything corrode that fast. Has anyone else dealt with a fixture just falling apart that quick?

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schmidt.blake4h ago

Wait, is that green crust like actual copper corrosion showing through? That's wild for six months.

anthony1656h ago

...and it's just cheap junk now, that's the real problem. Everything's built to fall apart. They use the thinnest chrome and cheapest brass they can get away with. Your landlord probably got the absolute bottom of the barrel fixture from some big box store. Hard water doesn't help, sure, but that stuff shouldn't peel like that in a year, let alone six months. It's not just you. I've noticed it with light switches, door handles, even garbage disposals. They just don't make stuff to last anymore.