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Originally posted by Greg B
Well, if you're single and making under $21k after living costs, health care alone you're fucking poor!
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says you.
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Originally posted by Greg B
To live comfortably in the U.S. a single person in a metropolitan area has to bring home AFTER taxes $50k.
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comfortable is not the same as poor. jobs pay more in metro areas.
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Originally posted by Greg B
That's giving that most decent apartments in a city are gonna be $2k a month easy. Add to that the other high end expenses of living in a city that's comfortable.
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No one's forcing you to live in the city. buses leave the city ever day. get on one.
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Originally posted by Greg B
Here in LA you can get by on $40k after taxes IF you get a decent car without ridiculous payments.
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if you have a decent car, you are not in poverty.
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Originally posted by Greg B
A decent apartment in a good neighborhood is gonna cost you around $2k.
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if you have a decent apartment in a good nieghborhood, you are not living in poverty.
So that's $24k a year to have a place to live without gangsters and perverts on your front door. [/B][/QUOTE] if that doesn't give you the drive to work harder, I guess nothing will.
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Originally posted by Greg B
Wait. $40k in LA is not nearly enough. Let's make that $60k AFTER taxes.
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whatever.