Ask HN: What is really wrong with the US economy, really?

Re:Ask HN: What is really wrong with the US economy, really? by jj00 on Thursday February 27, 2014 @06:45PM (#7316180)

I've done quite well in Seattle living within my means.

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Re:Ask HN: What is really wrong with the US economy, really? by BlackDeath3 on Thursday February 27, 2014 @06:59PM (#7316273)

What are your means? What is "quite well"?

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Re:Ask HN: What is really wrong with the US economy, really? by jj00 on Thursday February 27, 2014 @07:30PM (#7316447)

I was commenting on the parent "..how far would you say that $110,000 has gotten you in Seattle?"

I've survived in Seattle making that amount, and making half that amount. Each time I've had to adjust my life in order to get what I wanted out of life.

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Re:Ask HN: What is really wrong with the US economy, really? by Mz on Thursday February 27, 2014 @07:01PM (#7316290)

Maybe you don't have the health issues his remark implies? (In that after rent, his next highest expense is 'medical and dental'.)

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Re:Ask HN: What is really wrong with the US economy, really? by jj00 on Thursday February 27, 2014 @07:17PM (#7316373)

I can't decide if he is commenting on his own situation or just added it in as part of a larger question about the economy.

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Re:Ask HN: What is really wrong with the US economy, really? by Mz on Thursday February 27, 2014 @07:38PM (#7316479)

Most Americans seem to list "house and car (in that order)" as their two biggest expenses. If someone tells you their medical expenses exceed their car expenses, it looks like an issue to me.

Though I could certainly be wrong.

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