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Re:My second year without a job by hx8 on Saturday December 07, 2024 @06:42PM (#42353757)
It's called lifestyle creep. Housing and transportation are the two most impactful items, which can scale from $20k/yr to $20m/yr smoothly.
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Re:My second year without a job by detourdog on Saturday December 07, 2024 @08:07PM (#42354180)
I think lifestyle creep is too general of a description.

The difference between $900 pants and $50 pants is more than lifestyle creep. I see it as indicative of a stratified society. Previous times had wealthy paying more for clothes but it showed in workmanship or materials.

In the words of Lucille Blutb:

How much could a banana cost, $10?

I see Lifestyle creep as an individual gradually spending more for meals and cloths

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Re:My second year without a job by ghaff on Sunday December 08, 2024 @07:51AM (#42356835)
Not that I really go to Vegas much any longer (thank the stars!) but when I did for conferences regularly, I'd go into some of the shopping malls and would be (not really literally but close) "I couldn't afford a single thing in this store!"
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