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Re:Despite rising wages, 61% of Americans are still living p... by Hermitian909 on Thursday February 17, 2022 @05:26PM (#30379535)
This doesn't quite jive with my experience living in SF. I have an older but comfortable apartment close to BART and an active social life (had lol). Pre-pandemic my CoL was ~40k. I'm fortunate to be on the higher end of dev salaries so I don't need to spend this little but living a life I enjoy this is just how much I end up spending.

I have friends and colleagues whose experience matches yours, some have come to me for help with their finances. I've found it fairly easy to slash 30-40k/yr from their budgets by simply forcing them to think about which things they're spending money on actually add happiness or utility to their life.

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Re:Despite rising wages, 61% of Americans are still living p... by dogman144 on Friday February 18, 2022 @09:28AM (#30386063)
Do you have kids, do you have a dual income couple, and so on.
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Re:Despite rising wages, 61% of Americans are still living p... by Hermitian909 on Friday February 18, 2022 @10:40PM (#30394234)
No kids, no dual income. I recognize these costs are not representative if they have a child but OP didn't seem to imply those were the considerations.
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