• Lexi Sneptaur@pawb.social
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    1 year ago

    There’s an element of “be fiscally responsible and you too can save up” but more often than not, the answer is “make more money”.

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          Yeap, and extra long commutes to higher paying jobs. I know people doing 1.5 hour drives one way to their job.

          • Lexi Sneptaur@pawb.social
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            The real move is to sell your car and move into the city where you can walk bike or take transit to your high paying job.

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                I don’t know what city you’re talking about but you can easily buy a home in a major city such as Chicago on the average salaries for white collar workers

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                  IDK about Chicago, but it wasn’t true for me in 2019 in Minneapolis. I did manage to find a house, but yikes, what a rollercoaster that was! Definitely not ‘easy’ by any stretch.