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[–] -4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

What does that have to do with living costs?

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Because you can't work forever. Burnout, aging, illness, etc. Life happens. Or do you plan to live paycheck to paycheck into your 70s?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I'm just thinking about the "take home" figure! 160k doesn't stretch as far as I thought it did when I was a kid

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago*

    I thought $40k was more than enough when I was a kid. But that was when you could buy a house for $30k to $50k. By the time I hit my 20s, inflation already had homes at closer to $100k, and the cost of everything much higher than when I was a kid.

    When I was growing up I didn't know anyone making more than $50k, most made less, and they were doing fine, owning homes, etc. $160k was wealthy.

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