this post was submitted on 29 Aug 2023
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A Boring Dystopia
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I think the key term here is "get by." They're showing roughly $65k per year for my state. You certainly won't starve, but you will never have enough to buy a house, spend money on hobbies, raise a family, take a vacation, etc. That's not just in urban areas, that's everywhere.
Cost of living compared to average income is far too high everywhere in the US. I feel like this article downplays exactly how bad it really is. Life should be more than just getting by.
Yeah, my state is way off too. I remember when I was making what they consider “getting by” for my state and I would not have said I was “getting by” at that point in my life. I was living in a small apartment in my friends’ house, had a car that was nearly 20 years old and had no money for savings…definitely not the 20% the article claims it factors in. And this was 14 years ago, so it’s only gotten worse since then.