might be when you adjust for local cost of living
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Replying to @eigenrobot @MorlockP
To a certain extent, but there's a lot of lifestyle inflation at play in those situations, too. Feeling entitled to sending kids to private schools, etc.
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I was a fac brat in a prep school, and I distinctly remember a certain classmate claiming to be middle class by referencing the cost of yacht sails as a burden. His sister threw a tantrum when the family got a A4 rather than an A8, b/c "that's what poor ppl drive".
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Replying to @MattCropp @MorlockP
I mean full context I earn more than 200k in Seattle its comfortable but not, you know, /comfortable/ I don't own a car, I have no idea how I'll ever afford a down payment on a house here Possibly I oversave idk But I surely dont feel RICH
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This is so weird to me, me and my wife's combined income doesn't break 6 figures and we apparently live rather more comfortably than you, entirely based on location.
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Tho I do think that it's likely ONLY housing that differs? Books and pans and blankets cost the same everywhere. A hamburger at a restaurant costs about the same. Groceries cost the same. ...yes?
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I mean the variance in food and clothing costs is probably not precisely nil, but it's not a major factor, no. Except maybe how often we eat out vs eigen.
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Exactly. I think that cool urban living can't help but tempt one. But...even then...assume you eat 21 meals per week out. How much does that boost CoL? $400/week = $20k/yr?
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I eat out maybe ~1/wk average excepting vacation Rest of my meals are pretty frugal Mostly sandwiches and burgers I build/cook myself or I just get (free) cafeteria food
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yeah, I either had that impression or had heard you say so. And even if you DID eat out a ton, it still wouldn't matter a ton. So, hammering my vague wondering into an actual question: what do you perceive as the big cost delta between living in Seattle and me in mid of nowhere?
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Almost definitely housing. I also save (in the broad sense) probably ~50% of my income which may account for some lifestyle tightness Started saving late bc grad school, trying to catch up So that would materialize later on but it is real wealth
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