d21lewis said:
kitler53 said:
d21lewis said:
I made about 60k last year. A little more before taxes. It may not seem like much but, according to Wikipedia, the average income in my city is 40k (20k for females and 38k for families). The cost of living isn't that high. You can buy a decent house for less than $500 a month! Plus only having one kid and no outstanding debt helps a lot, too.
I was able to pay all of my bills and have a thousand dollars left over every month to put in the bank and bullshit around with. I got a pretty good raise in the beginning of the year so I should do better this year. Problem is, my GF quit her job a little over a month ago. It hasn't happened yet but I know the time is fast approaching where I have to pay all of my bills (which is pretty much everything) and all of her bills--Her car, car insurance, and groceries. When that time comes, I don't know what I'm going to do. I don't want to be so shallow as to kick her out on her ass but I just don't understand how it's so hard for her to not fuck up. Thirty something years old and she doesn't even have anything to show for it besides clothes in the closet.
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damn, i know it's my fault for choosing to live downtown chicago but the monthly payments on a $400,000 house is a fair bit higher than that. :P
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I can imagine. I lived in Atlanta back in 97-98 and we were paying $700+ a month for a two bedroom apartment. And, from what I've seen, it's IMPOSSIBLE to live in a city like New York.
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well wages are generally better here. sad (or was that awesome) for me my wife is the real bread winner and combined we are in the $160k+ catagory. so impossible is relative ... but i've seen some friends try to move here. that first year is pretty rough every time trying to adjust from what they have to what they need to live here.
