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What income do you need to live comfortably in extreme high cost of living cities

Posted on 10/28/21 at 5:54 pm
Posted by bdavids09
Member since Jun 2017
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Posted on 10/28/21 at 5:54 pm
Like San Francisco or New York City, Los Angeles.
Posted by athenslife101
Member since Feb 2013
20263 posts
Posted on 10/28/21 at 5:56 pm to
What does live comfortably? Owning a house vs renting an apartment along is a big question
Posted by djangochained
Gardere
Member since Jul 2013
19125 posts
Posted on 10/28/21 at 5:57 pm to
X50
Posted by Abstract Queso Dip
Member since Mar 2021
5878 posts
Posted on 10/28/21 at 5:57 pm to
Bout tree fiddy.
Posted by pjab
Member since Mar 2016
5748 posts
Posted on 10/28/21 at 5:57 pm to
NYC (assuming 2 kids) - $750K
Posted by ThatMakesSense
Fort Lauderdale
Member since Aug 2015
15281 posts
Posted on 10/28/21 at 6:00 pm to
If you have to ask, you probably can’t afford it.
Posted by Pisgah Pete
Buncombe County
Member since Feb 2021
602 posts
Posted on 10/28/21 at 6:03 pm to
quote:

NYC (assuming 2 kids) - $750K


Aka $350/hr
Posted by Cracker
in a box
Member since Nov 2009
19116 posts
Posted on 10/28/21 at 6:04 pm to
Get a bar napkin
Posted by Klark Kent
Houston via BR
Member since Jan 2008
73371 posts
Posted on 10/28/21 at 6:11 pm to
depends on your expectations.
Posted by AllbyMyRelf
Virginia
Member since Nov 2014
4000 posts
Posted on 10/28/21 at 6:24 pm to
DC area— I’d say $250k–$300k/ year minimum if you have kids to feel comfortable middle class.
Posted by EA6B
TX
Member since Dec 2012
14754 posts
Posted on 10/28/21 at 6:26 pm to
quote:

What does live comfortably? Owning a house vs renting an apartment along is a big question


Exactly, where I am now I could be comfortable on $35k, for my wife to be comfortable add $100k
Posted by armsdealer
Member since Feb 2016
12280 posts
Posted on 10/28/21 at 7:01 pm to
My cousin was paying over $5k for an apartment in SF. He lived in the city, it was maybe 750sft. He lived in an above average apartment but he moved back to BR because 2 kids in 750sft was not ideal, he is "saving" $2000 a month renting a house off of highland that is obscene. He develops apps and his wife is a "designer" for the apps so they can work wherever and make whatever they want... When they need money they just ship the kids to my aunts and work seemingly 24/7 for a couple of weeks...
Posted by Goldensammy
Cypress, TX
Member since Jun 2016
960 posts
Posted on 10/28/21 at 7:59 pm to
Just a one time payment of $450k from Uncle Sam will do.
Posted by TutHillTiger
Mississippi Alabama
Member since Sep 2010
49830 posts
Posted on 10/28/21 at 8:04 pm to
2 million or more a year
Posted by saturday
Pronoun (Baw)
Member since Feb 2007
7792 posts
Posted on 10/28/21 at 8:23 pm to
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2 million or more a year



What kind of poor doesn't make at least 2 million a year?
Posted by AbitaFan08
Boston, MA
Member since Apr 2008
27902 posts
Posted on 10/28/21 at 8:28 pm to
Define living comfortably. Living in the city proper or in the burbs? Kids or not?
This post was edited on 10/28/21 at 8:31 pm
Posted by bigblake
Member since Jun 2011
2595 posts
Posted on 10/28/21 at 8:48 pm to
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This post was edited on 11/6/21 at 5:28 am
Posted by Snoop Dawg
Member since Sep 2009
2850 posts
Posted on 10/28/21 at 8:53 pm to
Not sure of the heroin prices, but San Franshithole is quit affordable. You can sleep in the subway stations, shite on the sidewalks, and shoplift up to $900 worth of loot before you are popped.
Posted by supadave3
Houston, TX
Member since Dec 2005
31847 posts
Posted on 10/28/21 at 9:32 pm to
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What does live comfortably? Owning a house vs renting an apartment along is a big question


This really is true. Life circumstances have me back in an apartment in my 40’s and it really does suck in a lot of ways. But, no maintenance so that’s a plus.
Posted by supadave3
Houston, TX
Member since Dec 2005
31847 posts
Posted on 10/28/21 at 9:36 pm to
quote:

He develops apps and his wife is a "designer" for the apps so they can work wherever and make whatever they want... When they need money they just ship the kids to my aunts and work seemingly 24/7 for a couple of weeks...


That sounds like a movie plot and adderall addiction.
This post was edited on 10/28/21 at 9:37 pm
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