I mean yeah. I make above that and it feels genuinely hard to keep up with the costs of living middle class in California.
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Nothing will meaningfully improve until the rich fear for their lives
"Feel" nice trick to make it sound like they are spoiled and not just doing basic math to figure out that everything is expensive.
I got lucky enough to live on benefits, a bit less than $15,000 annually. While I don't have to pay for housing, things like food, data, and car take up a good chunk of that money. Up until about 2 years ago, I was also able to regularly set aside about $300 a month for an ABLE account if I exercised restraint.
The economy continues to worsen, so I can't save money anymore. Plus, getting the gear and training for joining a militia takes a fair bit of coin. I am expecting the USA we knew to dissolve someday, and hopefully can support my state with my body if conflict breaks out. Don't really have anything else to offer society.
THE RENT
IS
TOO
DAMN
HIGH
Trying to find a place to live where the rent won't take over 50% of my income. I work full time teaching disabled children, and after successfully negotiating for a raise, I make over $10 more per hour than my state's minimum wage.
Yet for some reason, everyone takes issue when I say I'm ready to just move into my car. I've lived in a vehicle before, it's not fun or easy, but it's a roof I already own, and from the rent prices I see, that's the best chance I've got to be guaranteed shelter.
I just need a dwelling and a guarantee of food to live comfortably. If I didn't have to pay for that I wouldn't need $150k/year. 🤷♂️
You forgot healthcare!
Half of California:
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Half by land, much more by population. California’s basic cost of living is insane. $150k would be “barely scraping by in a studio apartment” within 100 miles of any major city.
With the exception of places like Anzo Borrego, but there's a reason for that. Horrible summers and winters.
I don't nees to make more, everything else needs to cost less. 😠
This title is so dumb. Just say 26% of Americans.
My wife and I make about $100k/yr combined. I can absolutely confirm that 50% more money will go directly into making our lives more comfortable.
The other way to read this data is that 75% (a sizable majority) of people feel they can be comfortable on less than $150k. I also suspect this strongly correlates to location. Someone living in Washington, DC is going to need a lot more to feel comfortable than someone living in Bumblefuck, MO.
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