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Super cool on Florida, they gotta be breaking major bread.
How do the following salaries stack up in your area?
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I realized I have the opportunity to pay off my car and one of my student loans in full this summer if don't act like a complete fool.
I think I'm going to make that happen before I move closer to my new job. It would basically mean the equivalent of throwing most of my new salary at advance payments for a while but at the end it means I can afford a doper spot.
College debt is a massive detriment to cost of living but it can be managed.
I think I'm going to make that happen before I move closer to my new job. It would basically mean the equivalent of throwing most of my new salary at advance payments for a while but at the end it means I can afford a doper spot.
College debt is a massive detriment to cost of living but it can be managed.
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You can definitely live in the city, his 1 bedroom is on U St and he pays 2.7 a month. Plenty of income left, he’s out raging every weekend.
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ehhh
Bay Area
$40k
$50k
$65k
$80k
Seriously, anything less than a $100k and you're living paycheck to paycheck. My fiancee and I rent a 1,300 sq ft 3 bed/2 bath in Concord (an hour away from San Francisco, half hour from Oakland and Berkeley) for $2,800 a month and that's a steal for the area. 1 bedrooms go for $3,500 easily in San Francisco.
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I moved to Jersey City recently from Queens (still work in BK) and I feel a little betterNYC real estate/cost of living is outrageous
Smart move. Downtown JC area?
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Waterfront
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Im headed that way later this year. Any job leads? I don't want to work in a call center.
I have a business degree and supervisor experience.
Top Boy
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Midwest
50k - Made this, your bills are on auto-pay and you're living decently comfortable. House in a low crime rate neighborhood, pretty decent apartment, etc.
65k - Make this, your bills are on auto-pay, you're living very comfortable. Same as 50k for houses, luxury apartment
80k - Don't make this, but I would say 70k is your glass ceiling for QoL provided by your finances.
Im slightly above 65 and have everything I want/need and live in a very nice apartment downtown. Cost of living is very low.
Still gonna move though, Midwest is trash. Prolly West Coast.
Top Boy
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If I dont move out west i'll prolly be headed to ATL.
Just came back from ATL like a week ago, love being there.
Chick I saw outside the American Deli in Fulton had me ready to drop to a knee
llerraj
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At the mid 90s and I'd be living check to check if I had my own spot. Hard to find a 1 br for less than 2k in a decent neighborhood.
Brooklyn, NY
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Depends on where you live in Brooklyn. If you live in Canarsie or in the Manhattan Beach area for example, you need a car.
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Unless it’s IT related bro I’m of no help.
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Some of these prices are ludicrous. I heard there are people in New York that make 6 figures with 4 roommates.
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Alot of those ppl choose to live in them buildings with crazy prices ...like that article I seen on here a while back about 3 dudes living in a 1.5 bedroom cuz they wanna stay in the middle of Manhattan
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DC when I made $40-60k I lived in a basement of a house in MD with 2 other roommates in the house and was paycheck to paycheck. Borrowed a car from my parents.
When I was started making $70k I had a 2 BR in DC proper with one roommate but was still paycheck to paycheck and still didnt own a car.
I don’t have a fixed income anymore. Not exactly sure what my pay would equate to salary wise but I make a lot more now. At least $100k. I paid off all my debt, bought a new car paid in full, rented a 3 story
House with backyard in DC for 2 years, and have saved a lot of money on top of that.
I think $80k in DC you can live pretty comfortably.
When I was started making $70k I had a 2 BR in DC proper with one roommate but was still paycheck to paycheck and still didnt own a car.
I don’t have a fixed income anymore. Not exactly sure what my pay would equate to salary wise but I make a lot more now. At least $100k. I paid off all my debt, bought a new car paid in full, rented a 3 story
House with backyard in DC for 2 years, and have saved a lot of money on top of that.
I think $80k in DC you can live pretty comfortably.
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People exaggerate. Tons of people live in New York with less than 6 figures. Now if you want a posh spot in the middle of Manhattan it might be tough. But you can get a spot, for you, in the middle of Manhattan for 2500-3k. And not need a car.
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That’s basically everyone that moves to NYC from elsewhere.
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good luck.. 602/480/623 is known for call center gigs. But at least you’re in AC all day.
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Same thing in the Bay Area. There's plenty of places you can get a studio/1 bedroom for under 2K if you're willing to take a train/drive, but out of towners want to pay $3-4K to live in the Mission District, a place where no Bay Area native in his or her right mind would choose to move to (gang violence has decreased, but it's still full of fiends and dog @#$@ everywhere)
I know some idiots will come in and be like "BUT WHAT ABOUT THE ARTICLES" just go on Craigslist and set the limit to 2K and the region to East Bay/South Bay (or even Daly City, 15 mins away from SF; I just tend to exclude it because of how awful the weather is there).
Literally the first one that popped up on a search right now is a $1900 apartment in Fremont (40-45 mins train ride/drive to downtown SF). That may sound like a long time, but by comparison, it takes at least 25-30 minutes from the Marina, one of the most expensive parts of SF, due to the garbage public transportation in the city.
If you'd rather pay an extra $2000 to save 20 minutes to get to work, you have no right to complain
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I live in Miami Beach... South Beach to be exact.
Single. No Kids. No car.
Immediate Costs:
Rent - $1,525 (1 bedroom Apt)
Internet - $86 a month
Utilities - During the "winter months" anywhere from $35-45 bucks for my Light & Electricity as I'll turn the AC off and get a breeze coming from the east with my windows open. June-August it can get up to $60-80 a month cause I'll keep that AC blasting.
Cell - $91 a month
I still have student loans, about 15k left. 1 CC. I say in immediate pertinent bills I pay about $1,950 a month in bills. This is before my misc spending as far as groceries, haircuts, misc crib ****. That's not even me including going out etc and spending bread.
I save $$$ on the car costs by not having one since my job is pretty much a 10 minute walk from my crib, everything is within walking distance from me including Publix.
Still... With my salary... I still find it hard to stack up as much as I can. My job is with the Gov and I'm under paid compared to what I should be making, by atleast 10-12k annually. Currently looking for new work cause this isn't cutting it for me right now.
Single. No Kids. No car.
Immediate Costs:
Rent - $1,525 (1 bedroom Apt)
Internet - $86 a month
Utilities - During the "winter months" anywhere from $35-45 bucks for my Light & Electricity as I'll turn the AC off and get a breeze coming from the east with my windows open. June-August it can get up to $60-80 a month cause I'll keep that AC blasting.
Cell - $91 a month
I still have student loans, about 15k left. 1 CC. I say in immediate pertinent bills I pay about $1,950 a month in bills. This is before my misc spending as far as groceries, haircuts, misc crib ****. That's not even me including going out etc and spending bread.
I save $$$ on the car costs by not having one since my job is pretty much a 10 minute walk from my crib, everything is within walking distance from me including Publix.
Still... With my salary... I still find it hard to stack up as much as I can. My job is with the Gov and I'm under paid compared to what I should be making, by atleast 10-12k annually. Currently looking for new work cause this isn't cutting it for me right now.
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Ok. Thanks anyway.
