OFFICIAL 2020 STIMULUS CHECK THREAD

[blastercombo]

Again y’all are using arguments that are very situational. If you want to live inside a very major city yes it’ll be expensive. Smart people don’t do that. Majority of people in America aren’t making over 50,000 a year. With the arguments in here I guess the majority of America is in a homeless shelter

 

[blastercombo]

I'm a public school teacher in rural NC they pay me in peanuts and Lunchables.

80K a year I'm buying a boat, a Rollie, a couple BBL's for the ******, just some light work.

Hey power to you my man. I broke out of that struggle couple years back. Work in a private practice now. This Covid stuff is really blowing it all out of proportion to. You can see that a lot of people don’t care about education or educators at all and there’s no way I will waste my life working for those people.

 

[Grine]

Again y’all are using arguments that are very situational. If you want to live inside a very major city yes it’ll be expensive. Smart people don’t do that. Majority of people in America aren’t making over 50,000 a year. With the arguments in here I guess the majority of America is in a homeless shelter

What do you define as “homeless”? A lot of these folks are living as roommates...

You’re correct, unless you’re wanting to live an hour+ outside the metro area in the boonies - then that’s the move. Just speaking of Atlanta.

You can live comfortably if you’re in control of your spending and debt to income ratio. I know someone making $50K a year, no debt, single with no kids, living like a king.

All about lifestyle choices?

 

[headdetective]

50K wouldnt cut it for me, even if I was single.

It really comes down to the individual.

If you're addicted to fly shxt, you better be making over 75k, idc where you live lol

 

[getback]

What do you define as “homeless”? A lot of these folks are living as roommates...

You’re correct, unless you’re wanting to live an hour+ outside the metro area in the boonies - then that’s the move. Just speaking of Atlanta.

You can live comfortably if you’re in control of your spending and debt to income ratio. I know someone making $50K a year, no debt, single with no kids, living like a king.

All about lifestyle choices?

How far out is Marietta? Just a quick google search provides that $80K could have you living in a decent home.

 

[niceshoes247]

The kid need to have nice shoes 24/7

 

[blastercombo]

What do you define as “homeless”? A lot of these folks are living as roommates...

You’re correct, unless you’re wanting to live an hour+ outside the metro area in the boonies - then that’s the move. Just speaking of Atlanta.

You can live comfortably if you’re in control of your spending and debt to income ratio. I know someone making $50K a year, no debt, single with no kids, living like a king.

All about lifestyle choices?

You raise a good point. You can make X amount of dollars but if you’re in debt your net worth is in the gutter. To me THAT matters. Also rounds back to your lifestyle choices comment you made which is absolutely true.

show me these boonies an hour away from a major city. Curious to see what you define as that.

Homeless meaning no home? Haha, I’m just saying if 80K isn’t enough to talk then someone making 50k must be hurting hard. That’s simply not the case

 

[Grine]

How far out is Marietta? Just a quick google search provides that $80K could have you living in a decent home.

Depending which part - but with traffic from Atlanta - 45 mins drive.

Cobb County has their own city to the point you don’t really have to come to the metro Atlanta area.

 

[WASHED KING]

Hey power to you my man. I broke out of that struggle couple years back. Work in a private practice now. This Covid stuff is really blowing it all out of proportion to. You can see that a lot of people don’t care about education or educators at all and there’s no way I will waste my life working for those people.

Pre-COVID I enjoyed it. Working with the kids is fun, I teach computer programming so the classes are laid back. In a pandemic however? Absolutely terrible, teachers quitting left and right like clockwork. Two times the work same pay.

Honestly I'd make more money working at my family's car dealership full time but at this point I have 1 more year left and all my debt is forgiven regardless of what Biden decides. That's 50k of debt wiped away so I'm toughing it out 1 more year and I'm bouncing.

 

[Grine]

This is about 45 mins with no traffic to Atlanta

Honestly the traffic is bad - adding more time

 

[blastercombo]

Pre-COVID I enjoyed it. Working with the kids is fun, I teach computer programming so the classes are laid back. In a pandemic however? Absolutely terrible, teachers quitting left and right like clockwork. Two times the work same pay.

Honestly I'd make more money working at my family's car dealership full time but at this point I have 1 more year left and all my debt is forgiven regardless of what Biden decides. That's 50k of debt wiped away so I'm toughing it out 1 more year and I'm bouncing.

That sucks to hear man. Was in a similar situation. My sisters run a plastic surgery place. In the summer times and over the long breaks I would come and be a tech and assist with hair transplant, liposuction, etc. lived a very weird double life. I almost had to do that to support my teaching habit LOL. Literally over the summer I would make near double what I would make in a year. I only stayed teaching because I felt like I owed it To the kids and the families I was working with. I still kind of feel that way but not to the point where I would put them above myself and my family.

Anyway, keep doing what you’re doing man

 

[Mark Antony]

This is about 45 mins with no traffic to Atlanta

Honestly the traffic is bad - adding more time

Yeah the homes in Gwinnett county blew my mind. Better to almost have an out of state job though. Back in the day an old Director saw I was sick of my job though I was good at it and offered me a 45k role in ATL, sometimes I wonder if I had taken it how it would go.

 

[getback]

This is about 45 mins with no traffic to Atlanta

Damn that house in Greater Boston is like $1M minimum.

 

[Mark Antony]

SF folk make $120k a year and still live out their car lol.

This could be a plan though if young and single, save a nice downpayment in a year to afford one of those places. Gym membership, the occasional room when you're tired of the ****.

 

[blastercombo]

This is about 45 mins with no traffic to Atlanta

Honestly the traffic is bad - adding more time

So do y’all think this isn’t “living”?

 

[getback]

Yeah If I could have that crib I would probably commute 90+ mins one way

 

[headdetective]

I aint commuting 90 mins nowhere foh.

Daily? Hell nah

 

[Mark Antony]

Yeah that's not worth it, done that before, 40 min commute turned to 2 hrs sometimes due to peak hours traffic. Too much time out your day and stress.

 

[getback]

My commute now is about 45 because I'm outbound.

90 mins for the suburbs folks going inbound is normal TBH.

I live in the worst metro area for traffic though.

I could see why other folks would think that's crazy.

 

[WASHED KING]

Damn that house in Greater Boston is like $1M minimum.

I will never understand why people pay so much money to be places that are bitter cold half the year.

 

[D.Josey]

45-minute commute not even that crazy, tbh. People do much, much worse for the sake of what they think is saving a dollar.

 

[blastercombo]

Main commute suck,But that’s what it is if you want to work in the big city. I remember the commute in Maryland being complete trash. Had to leave at 5 AM just to get to work by 8 every day

 

[D.Josey]

Anyone remember this guy?

Man commutes 7 hours every day

Thurmond Alford, 44, commutes seven hours (220 miles) nearly every day as part of his work commute. He passes through three major cities and nine different counties.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[kvsm23vs24]

80k not bad.
i work in LA, but my commute is from Palmdale
I also drive an Accord. So I’m not living out of my means
I do have an expensive hobby though.

 

[maq25060]

This is about 45 mins with no traffic to Atlanta

Honestly the traffic is bad - adding more time

House on bottom is definitely a mil where I currently live. And in actually 30 - 45 mins out of the city right now. Might catch these prices downstate IL but short of that...

Like you said, the boonies.