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Re:Nearly 25% of Americans are going into debt to pay for ne... by povertyworld on Friday May 24, 2019 @02:48PM (#20004242)
I make less than 20k a year. Somehow I am able to eat healthy food while living in one of the more expensive metro areas. I have no debt, and even have a little extra at the end of the year to speculate with sometimes. Luck I suppose. It would still be cool to have a full time job, but we can't all have those, apparently.
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Re:Nearly 25% of Americans are going into debt to pay for ne... by frankbreetz on Friday May 24, 2019 @02:52PM (#20004276)
I'd like to see a breakout of your budget.

I know I couldn't do this. I live in the midwest and have trouble keeping spending around 20k post-tax. I have a wife and child through.

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Re:Nearly 25% of Americans are going into debt to pay for ne... by x2f10 on Friday May 24, 2019 @02:52PM (#20004277)
Do you have roommates? Do you own a car? Do you have a child?
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Re:Nearly 25% of Americans are going into debt to pay for ne... by povertyworld on Friday May 24, 2019 @02:55PM (#20004307)
Roommates. No car. No kids.
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Re:Nearly 25% of Americans are going into debt to pay for ne... by chrisseaton on Friday May 24, 2019 @02:56PM (#20004318)
When an American says they have roommates, do they literally mean they share a bedroom with another adult they're not romantically involved with? Or does 'room' mean the whole apartment?
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Re:Nearly 25% of Americans are going into debt to pay for ne... by povertyworld on Friday May 24, 2019 @03:06PM (#20004412)
Shared kitchen and bathroom. It's not ideal, but it's also not worth paying twice as much in rent for exclusive use of those two rooms that I only need for an hour a day or less.
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Re:Nearly 25% of Americans are going into debt to pay for ne... by hacker_123 on Friday May 24, 2019 @03:54PM (#20004774)
In college, everyone used roommate for someone in the same bedroom and apartment-mate or suite-mate for someone in the same unit. For us, a suite lacked a kitchen and living room, but did share a bathroom.

As others have said, roommate generally just means living in the same apartment. It's a weird term though, in that I wouldn't use "room" to refer to an entire apartment.

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Re:Nearly 25% of Americans are going into debt to pay for ne... by dgzl on Friday May 24, 2019 @03:07PM (#20004415)
Typically roommates have their own rooms. Sometimes that's not the case.
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Re:Nearly 25% of Americans are going into debt to pay for ne... by antisthenes on Friday May 24, 2019 @03:02PM (#20004369)
Neither one. It could be a separate room with a shared kitchen.
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