I ride my scooter 365 days/year
meanwhile, somewhere where the COL is way cheaper...
Damn. Where I used to live is almost 700 for housing. Definitely not moving back there. Overall 300. Good weather does not justify a cost of living 3x the average.
who were you before being banned?
I was doubledeluxe.
I don't believe I have done anything to justify that kind of vicious attack. You have hurt my feelings and I will now go cry.
I agree with that. I don't care how cheap some places in the midwest are it's just not worth living there. HOWEVER the USA is a really big place. There are plenty of other places that don't have San Diego weather or Minnesota weather but are perfectly reasonable to live in.
You are correct in your assumption that you cant do that on 100K a year.you clearly don't even make close to $100k/yr if you think you can do all of that on a salary of $100k/yr.
You are correct in your assumption that you cant do that on 100K a year.
The problem is people spend more than what they make, so 100K a year plus tons of borrowing.
You might think this but most people do not and will go crazy on the spending and leverage themselves to the hilt.
People always seem to forget that places that are more expensive to live are more expensive because people WANT to live there. Places that are cheap to live are because no one wants to live there. It's really that simple.
People always seem to forget that places that are more expensive to live are more expensive because people WANT to live there. Places that are cheap to live are because no one wants to live there. It's really that simple.
I partially disagree. I did not want to live in Los Angeles at all since it's a total shit hole. I lived there because of business there is good. Places that have higher paying jobs and more jobs to offer are generally more expensive. It's a catch-22.
Look at a map of the most expensive places in the USA. There's a correlation to jobs not to weather even if they generally overlap. There are oil towns in the middle of nowhere that are crazy expensive.
That's must be why Phoenix is a ghost town these days.
And the other factor about money and happiness - save for the aforementioned union members, a lot of those who make well into the 6 figures on their own are people who have no family time and are always at the office or on the commuter train . I wouldn't do it. Middle ground is best.
Damn. Where I used to live is almost 700 for housing. Definitely not moving back there. Overall 300. Good weather does not justify a cost of living 3x the average.
i'll do it too since we're all doing it.
Cost of Living Rockville, MD
Overall 154
Grocery 111.3
Health 101
Housing 259
Utilities 112
Transportation 108
Miscellaneous 99
Totally agree with this.
One day when I can deal with sub-optimal weather, terribad food options, lack of ethnic diversity, shitty job markets, and a dearth of entertainment options which matter to me, I will trade it all in for a lower CoL, the ability to play house, and bluer skies.
or I can get rich as balls and stay put.
Option 1 seems more likely =X
poor people gotta go somewhere!
(I'd move to AZ too cuz I'm relatively poor as fuck but don't think I can deal with 100+' weather on a constant basis)
Sure Dubai is a good example but I was really more thinking of terrible places to live in Texas, North Dakota, and a few other places. Even parts of Florida where it's muggy and buggy as hell. People are there because of jobs.
AVERAGE PHOENIX TEMPERATURES
Month High Fahrenheit High Celsius Low Fahrenheit Low Celsius
January 65.2 18.4 39.4 4.1
February 69.7 20.9 42.5 5.8
March 74.5 23.6 46.7 8.2
April 83.1 28.4 53.0 11.6
May 92.4 33.5 61.5 16.4
June 102.3 39.0 70.6 21.4
July 105.0 40.5 79.5 26.4
August 102.3 39.0 77.5 25.3
September 98.2 36.7 70.9 21.6
October 87.7 30.9 59.1 15.0
November 74.3 23.5 46.9 8.3
December 66.4 19.1 40.2 4.5
Average 85.1 29.5 57.3 14.0
I thought it was funny that when I asked why people paid just as much to live in Orange County as LA or San Diego, they all had the same response (literally heard this phrase half a dozen times in a couple days "In OC it stays white later at night."
not sure if srs.
may to october sounds pretty shit, with June - Sept being OMFG.
not sure if srs.
may to october sounds pretty shit, with June - Sept being OMFG.
~90 with no humidity is awesome.
And when it's hot, drive a couple of hours north if you can't handle it.
oh, wait..forgot - I can't go anywhere because I'm "poor people" for living in Phoenix.
1) We'll agree to disagree
2) I know, it sucks to be poor. I'm poor too bro, don't be so offended.