• Dr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.org
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        6 months ago

        That’s the whole point; location. The amount necessary to be comfortable is very dependent on your location.

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          6 months ago

          Property prices correlate strongly with local income levels. Owners know how much you make and they fix prices of wages, rent and other cost.

          Hence why u can make objectively high income and feel like a peasant.

          Buying power is eroded to the point where 100k is just getting by wage in Seattle or some shit

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          6 months ago

          Yeah and I’m not getting this fat ass cloud SE job while living in fucking Yoder, Wyoming