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re: How someone affords a median lifestyle in Dallas Texas
Posted on 4/4/24 at 6:17 pm to Chicken
Posted on 4/4/24 at 6:17 pm to Chicken
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it takes some discipline to accumulate that much at a young age.
It does, but someone should be able to save that amount by the time they’re 30. Just takes some sacrifice.
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Posted on 4/4/24 at 6:19 pm to GeauxTigers123
quote:I know several people that commute from The Woodlands to downtown Houston...I have a friend that commutes from Sealy to his job site off Beltway 8...45 miles
45 miles in major metro traffic. That is easily 1.5 hours on a good day.
Not ideal...but people do it. You have to be willing to leave earlier in the morning.
This post was edited on 4/4/24 at 6:21 pm
Posted on 4/4/24 at 6:31 pm to Chicken
I praise the good Lord daily for my WFH sitch
Plus, there's a certain point on the corporate ladder where you can start work at like 10:30am daily and get away with it because people can wait on you
I earned my way there
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I answer emails from India and China at 2am and shite
Plus, there's a certain point on the corporate ladder where you can start work at like 10:30am daily and get away with it because people can wait on you
I earned my way there
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I answer emails from India and China at 2am and shite
This post was edited on 4/4/24 at 6:41 pm
Posted on 4/4/24 at 6:41 pm to fareplay
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Rich black people don’t go commit 50% of rich people crimes.
False equivalency. Rich people crimes aren't violent crimes that keep normal people from moving to certain unsafe neighborhoods. If I saw Bernie Madoff (just an example, I am well aware that he is dead now) walking down the sidewalk, I wouldn't be afraid he was going to rob and kill me.
This post was edited on 4/4/24 at 6:42 pm
Posted on 4/4/24 at 6:45 pm to fareplay
Make more money
Posted on 4/4/24 at 6:46 pm to North Dallas Tiger
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Dallas Texas
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I am from here and live here. Probably one of the very few on this website that can say that...
Posted on 4/4/24 at 9:27 pm to Chicken
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You can't find any homes under 300,000 in the burbs? Nowhere?
We bought a home for $295,000 in 2004. That was the last home I’ve seen for $300k in NTX. I don’t think there’s a home anywhere near us under $400k and that would be in a less desirable area.
Posted on 4/4/24 at 9:35 pm to fareplay
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New saving per month = 0. So no, someone with 75k income can’t afford a median house in Dallas. Houses are officially an upper middle class exclusive item.
Someone with this mindset will lose out on the opportunity to leverage the most consistent and tax efficient investment there is. They will stay poor.
Posted on 4/4/24 at 10:27 pm to VADawg
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If I saw Bernie Madoff (just an example, I am well aware that he is dead now) walking down the sidewalk, I wouldn't be afraid he was going to rob and kill me.
But he did rob people, lots of people for lots of money.
I’m hearing Woodie Guthrie in my head. Great lyrics.
“Yes, as through this world I've wandered
I've seen lots of funny men;
Some will rob you with a six-gun,
And some with a fountain pen.”
Posted on 4/4/24 at 10:54 pm to Chicken
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willing to leave earlier in the morning.
Come on Chicken, you know that there is more early morning traffic in Houston than probably any major city in the country. I-10 is rolling before 0530. I landed at IAH at 0700 one day, and it took me two hours to get home in Katy (heading outbound.)
HP did a study a few decades ago that the greatest predictor of someone quitting was whether their commute was over about 40 minutes or not, regardless of industry. How DFW deals with Plano/Dallas/Arlington, I have no idea.
Posted on 4/4/24 at 10:57 pm to fareplay
Do not live in Dallas with the income above.
Posted on 4/4/24 at 10:58 pm to fareplay
Dallas was the original home of the $30k millionaire baw. They can work that magic in a C class Benz and SaKs sales rack like you never seen
Posted on 4/4/24 at 11:06 pm to Porter Osborne Jr
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Do starter homes exist anymore?
yes. in this specific locality, they’re inhabited by immigrants. turns out basic economics applies to many a thing
Posted on 4/4/24 at 11:10 pm to fareplay
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Food: 600
Hard to do these days. Family of four with just a 3 and 5 yo, and we probably triple that on average without little to no alcohol or much eating out.
Posted on 4/4/24 at 11:17 pm to McLemore
Thank Kroger and Tom Thumb. My grocery bill in Houston (H-E-B) was about half that with pre teens.
Posted on 4/4/24 at 11:18 pm to fareplay
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So Dallas should close down all fast food and restaurants or hire illegals to staff them? Where do they get these workers from
Hey slugger ima be real with you that's one of the dumber things I've seen posted on the OT in awhile.
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