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Re:The Rise of the Rich Renter by noobermin on Saturday October 07, 2017 @05:01PM (#15425685)
That does seem super weak sauce. Also, the "striking" 6.2% included 2008, who's to say that the even among the 1.2 X median people, that the economic hurt wasn't enough to explain the delta there?
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Re:The Rise of the Rich Renter by walshemj on Saturday October 07, 2017 @05:21PM (#15425774)
120% of the median income is not "rich" in this day and age
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Re:The Rise of the Rich Renter by noobermin on Saturday October 07, 2017 @05:28PM (#15425803)
Hmm, it's above the median, it is well off. But yes, it isn't well off enough to be sheltered from the effects of the great recession, I agree.
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Re:The Rise of the Rich Renter by walshemj on Sunday October 08, 2017 @01:42PM (#15429114)
well that's about 48k given the median salary in the US that's not relay well off puts you just about out of JAM (just about managing ) territory given health care costs
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