return2ozma@lemmy.worldBanned from community to News@lemmy.world · edit-24 months agoIs $140,000 the New Poverty Line for Americans?www.vice.comexternal-linkmessage-square129linkfedilinkarrow-up1286arrow-down119
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minus-squareSocialism_Everyday@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 months agoHow much is your rent, if it’s not too much to ask?
minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldBanned from communitylinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down4·4 months agowe live with family, maintain the property and shit. that’s our rent. given our locale it comes out to about 15k/yr net we’re saving.
minus-squaretym@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·4 months agoprobably should have put that in your original comment tbh. You implied one can make it on ~$70k near SF as if your bills were 1:1
minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldBanned from communitylinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·4 months agoi’m disabled. my medical care costs more than rent would. should i have included that too?
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up11·4 months agoYes. That seems pretty relevant to your financial story.
minus-squarecuckmaster69@lemmy.billiam.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·4 months agowell, if you’re comparing your income to the average, then yes, anything that substantially puts you out of the average would be pertinent for a comparison
How much is your rent, if it’s not too much to ask?
we live with family, maintain the property and shit. that’s our rent. given our locale it comes out to about 15k/yr net we’re saving.
probably should have put that in your original comment tbh. You implied one can make it on ~$70k near SF as if your bills were 1:1
i’m disabled. my medical care costs more than rent would. should i have included that too?
Yes. That seems pretty relevant to your financial story.
well, if you’re comparing your income to the average, then yes, anything that substantially puts you out of the average would be pertinent for a comparison