curbthemeplays t1_jabd20e wrote on February 28, 2023 at 5:02 AM

Make about $125-200/hr on most projects. Mortgage is $2800/mo. Nice area in Milford.

I don’t know how anyone making under $100k a year lives in a nice house comfortably anywhere desirable in the country. It’s pretty sad.

chickennugar OP t1_jad3gil wrote on February 28, 2023 at 3:59 PM

holy crap, what job pays that much?

i believe my dad makes 56k or so a year? he supports our family of four+the dog, my mom is retired. we live on a somewhat large piece of property in the, i guess you could say country. we live in a log style ranch my parents actually built themselves ten or so years ago.. so maybe that makes a difference.

my mother is always telling me id need combined income (like me + one other) to survive in this day and age but we make it by fine, so its confusing..

i do agree though that its sad- how high the cost of living gets, and how little wages pay. its like no matter how hard we work people will always be struggling.

curbthemeplays t1_jadkc1t wrote on February 28, 2023 at 5:47 PM

Marketing freelancer. I have 15 years experience and have managed decent sized teams. I don’t work every week of the year, but yes, it’s solid money.

Yes living in the “country” helps. But near any desirable metro, I don’t care what state it’s in, has gotten very difficult for anyone with normal income to do well. And it’s not just inflation. Because when I look at what my parents paid to live in the NYC area back in the day, adjusted for inflation it’s less than half of what it is now.

I think part of it is increasing population with not enough building. CT is a prime example of that, lowest vacancy rate in country.