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Well, the title says it.

The sentence is from a manga, where a boy lives together with his very lazy
aunt, so the boy has to take care of laundry, cleaning, dishes, cooking etc.
while she's drinking beer.  
He gets angry and she explains that it's a pain to do all that stuff (cooking,
cleaning etc) on her own.  
Then he replies "僕が来る前からこーだったんですが?"

Does it mean "Then how did you manage it before I came here?" or does it
rather mean "So were you like this even before I came here?"
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translation meaning
What does "僕が来る前からこーだったんですが?" mean?
This sentence ending with が is suspicious. I wonder if it ended in か.

With か, it's an informal form of "僕が来る前からこうだったんですか？", which means "Has it been
like this before I came [here]?"

With が, it'd have to be "But it has been like this before I came here", and
for this to make sense, the boy would first have to complain, his lazy aunt
would then need to respond back blaming him of making the mess, before this
sentence makes sense.
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