return2ozma@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoAmericans with six-figure incomes are in 'survival mode'www.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square255fedilinkarrow-up1509arrow-down115
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minus-squareBombOmOm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·12 hours ago you have to choose more slum-y areas Here is a random home I found after only a few seconds of looking. 3 bedroom home in Colorado Springs for $265k. Easily affordable at the stated $100k/yr income. You can’t afford to buy a single family home on $100k/yr in my area. you have to choose more slum-y areas Lots of homes are easily affordable with that income. Buy elsewhere.
minus-squareKairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 hours agoCmon, you can’t cherry pick a house and say “just uproot your entire life, there are cheaper houses out there!” Schools, job market, support system and more all play a huge part. It isn’t as simple as “just move.”
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoKeep in mind you’re replying to a literal Nazi, they don’t do much arguing in good faith.
minus-squareNinjasftw@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 hours agoThe thing is though that unless you have a fully remote job you are probably not going to stay earning 100k in colarado springs
minus-squareBombOmOm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·11 hours agoMedian household income in Colorado Springs is $83k/yr. Said 3 bedroom home for $265k is quite affordable on $83k/yr. unless you have a fully remote job And if this is the case, you are doing even better and have a shitload more options.
minus-squareSoggy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 hours agoThere’s the additional cost that my whole family and all my friends live in the “Greater Seattle area” where housing is outrageous and climbing. If I were to move somewhere more affordable it would mean losing my entire social support system.
Here is a random home I found after only a few seconds of looking. 3 bedroom home in Colorado Springs for $265k. Easily affordable at the stated $100k/yr income.
Lots of homes are easily affordable with that income. Buy elsewhere.
Cmon, you can’t cherry pick a house and say “just uproot your entire life, there are cheaper houses out there!”
Schools, job market, support system and more all play a huge part. It isn’t as simple as “just move.”
Keep in mind you’re replying to a literal Nazi, they don’t do much arguing in good faith.
The thing is though that unless you have a fully remote job you are probably not going to stay earning 100k in colarado springs
Median household income in Colorado Springs is $83k/yr. Said 3 bedroom home for $265k is quite affordable on $83k/yr.
And if this is the case, you are doing even better and have a shitload more options.
There’s the additional cost that my whole family and all my friends live in the “Greater Seattle area” where housing is outrageous and climbing. If I were to move somewhere more affordable it would mean losing my entire social support system.