Re:Households Need to Earn $300,000 a Year to Live a Middle ...
by arcanus on Saturday April 28, 2018 @10:22AM
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Agreed. Also, start with: don't live in one of the most expensive cities in the world and expect luxuries not typically associated with urban living, such as two cars, a spacious home, etc.
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Re:Households Need to Earn $300,000 a Year to Live a Middle ...
by ajmurmann on Saturday April 28, 2018 @10:58AM
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Even if you can stay in your career you will earn less as well. All you are doing is moving both numbers the cost and the income down. The article guess into this as well. What's the point of that? There is always someone lucky who can Jeep their job and salary and now work remotely. That's rare though and comes with great anxiety about finding a new, comparable job if your existing one evaporates.
Re:Households Need to Earn $300,000 a Year to Live a Middle ...
by kristianc on Saturday April 28, 2018 @10:44AM
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Not a choice you actually have for many careers.
Re:Households Need to Earn $300,000 a Year to Live a Middle ...
by sanderjd on Saturday April 28, 2018 @10:48AM
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Which ones?
Re:Households Need to Earn $300,000 a Year to Live a Middle ...
by ajmurmann on Saturday April 28, 2018 @10:59AM
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The article listed several BART workers who earn $200+k. Do you really think their financial situation will be better if they move to St Louis?
Re:Households Need to Earn $300,000 a Year to Live a Middle ...
by sanderjd on Sunday April 29, 2018 @01:15AM
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> don't live in one of the most expensive cities in the world
>> Not a choice you actually have for many careers.
My question was which careers force you to live in one of the most expensive cities in the world. I don't think your example of public transportation employees is a very good one.