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Posted on 3/20/18 at 6:00 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
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52k a year.
I make about that and it has allowed me to pay off my credit debt, buy a decent vehicle, and fish and hunt as much as i want. I don't have kids so that helps.
Posted on 3/20/18 at 6:00 pm to TigerOnTheMountain
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You’re doing something wrong. Where do you live?
I don't know if it's truly a struggle, but I can certainly see how 170k in a major city (especially w/ private school) could be pretty challenging w/ 4 kids.
Obviously we're not talking about survival
Posted on 3/20/18 at 6:00 pm to Pettifogger
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Unless you're single with no dependents, 110k is pretty limiting in any of those cities.
I mean, OP gave no details, but a single guy making $110k could live almost wherever he wanted in Dallas.
If he's married, his wife is likely working too, but even a household income of $110k is perfectly livable in Dallas.
Posted on 3/20/18 at 6:01 pm to Pettifogger
No I am living good. Don't get me wrong. But 250k with 4 kids would make it so much easier.
Posted on 3/20/18 at 6:02 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
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Saw a guy on Tv yesterday state that the ideal salary for most was 52k a year. That allowed you to enjoy your life to the fullest. After that quality of life went down.
I could not disagree more. I need way more money than that to live life like a I want to live it.
Posted on 3/20/18 at 6:02 pm to TH03
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If he's married, his wife is likely working too, but even a household income of $110k is perfectly livable in Dallas.
I don't want to sound like an a-hole, but I'm not sure how you live in good areas of Dallas proper with a family for that.
Posted on 3/20/18 at 6:03 pm to TH03
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If he's married, his wife is likely working too, but even a household income of $110k is perfectly livable in Dallas.
You could buy a super nice townhouse in highland Park for that, or a 3000 SQ foot house in North Dallas with a pool. But it's not enough to make it in the big ole city baw, only in LP. I sincerely hope these guys have just never lived anywhere else and are just ignorant because that's seriously one of the stupidest takes on this site.
Posted on 3/20/18 at 6:04 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
110K works very well 
Posted on 3/20/18 at 6:05 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
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You could buy a super nice townhouse in highland Park for that, or a 3000 SQ foot house in North Dallas with a pool.
I thought houses in the Dallas burbs were 350k+?
This post was edited on 3/20/18 at 6:06 pm
Posted on 3/20/18 at 6:05 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
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You could buy a super nice townhouse in highland Park for that, or a 3000 SQ foot house in North Dallas with a pool. But it's not enough to make it in the big ole city baw, only in LP. I sincerely hope these guys have just never lived anywhere else and are just ignorant because that's seriously one of the stupidest takes on this site.
Find me a "super nice townhouse in highland park" for a family to live in on 110k.
Posted on 3/20/18 at 6:07 pm to elposter
I actually have a pretty solid work life balance honestly.
Supposed to work 40 hours per week with ever other Friday off. Probably in the office 35. Work is extremely low stress. Great salary for the amount of work I do. 3 weeks of vacation. While I would like more, the 9/80 schedule gives numerous 4 day weekends and a few 3 day work weeks theoughout the year.
I would like more extended time off, but unless you’re a teacher or work a rotational schedule, that’s hardly an option in the U.S, so this is a good alternative.
The real problem, though, is that I get bored at work, and sometimes I wonder if I’d prefer a job where I worked harder and had to hustle more, if even for similar pay.
Supposed to work 40 hours per week with ever other Friday off. Probably in the office 35. Work is extremely low stress. Great salary for the amount of work I do. 3 weeks of vacation. While I would like more, the 9/80 schedule gives numerous 4 day weekends and a few 3 day work weeks theoughout the year.
I would like more extended time off, but unless you’re a teacher or work a rotational schedule, that’s hardly an option in the U.S, so this is a good alternative.
The real problem, though, is that I get bored at work, and sometimes I wonder if I’d prefer a job where I worked harder and had to hustle more, if even for similar pay.
Posted on 3/20/18 at 6:08 pm to Pettifogger
People who don't live in NYC always swear you need to be a billionaire to live there
it never fails
it never fails
Posted on 3/20/18 at 6:09 pm to lsucoonass
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many choices and no struggle leads to depression
I have a hard time believing that
Posted on 3/20/18 at 6:10 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
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You could buy a super nice townhouse in highland Park for that
Nah, but
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3000 SQ foot house in North Dallas with a pool
Yes
This post was edited on 3/20/18 at 6:11 pm
Posted on 3/20/18 at 6:12 pm to TH03
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Nah, but
Eh, I looked, you may strech it thin or it may not be "that nice" but you can get 2br/2ba in HP for less than 300k. I may have stretched a bit, but the overall point remains.
Posted on 3/20/18 at 6:15 pm to Pettifogger
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good areas of Dallas proper
Defines like 90% of Dallas north of I30.
No, you aren't taking your family of 4 into Preston hollow on $110k, but north Dallas is plenty affordable on that household income.
Posted on 3/20/18 at 6:15 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
Well I currently make $30k, so anything above that would be nice right now.
Posted on 3/20/18 at 6:15 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
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Eh, I looked, you may strech it thin or it may not be "that nice" but you can get 2br/2ba in HP for less than 300k. I may have stretched a bit, but the overall point remains.
My point is that living in a top part of any major city, even ones not thought to be all that costly (dallas, houston, etc.) is expensive. It's expensive just to live there (buy a house) much less live the lifestyle of everyone else there.
If you're in a place like Atlanta or Houston, where you may well have to use private schools, you can add 50k a year to that expenditure easily.
I agree that the idea you can't live anywhere on _____ is overplayed, but we're talking about balance here, not merely breaking even in a given area.
Posted on 3/20/18 at 6:16 pm to VerlanderBEAST
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People who don't live in NYC always swear you need to be a billionaire to live there
People with kids pretty much do. At least in Manhattan.
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