Saving money during phd while paying rent is bonkers. Wow. That's impressive.
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Honestly I think the suggestion that anyone can save a deposit is a little insensitive but then maybe I am over sensitive. You gotta be pretty privileged to get there. For me to have even saved 10k I would've had to put 30% of income into savings,when 60% of it goes to rent&bills
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The only way anybody can "save money" in the UK for a deposit is either they live with their parents/partner and/or their parents/partner buy/s them a place. That's it. That's how I have a house, partner. That's how my friends have flats, parents. That's the UK.
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In the USA... I hear you get paid more. I also hear their GDP is much higher.
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I hear their houses don't come with dry rot and rodents too.
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I do know people who bought houses in the USA in their 2nd year of PhD. So I get why there's confusion.
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To be honest, if I'd known all this... I'd never have emigrated to the UK.
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This is entirely, 100% dependent on where you live. There are very few places where you can be comfortable on a PhD stipend. Those are places where houses cost about the same as a Mercedes.
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Yeah, I don't know much about prices there. But most doctoral researchers I know are struggling.
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Also it's not like I know. Probably their parents gave them money too.
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I'm guessing yeah. In most cities here, like in Europe, buying a home even on professional salary is really hard.
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