Submitted by chickennugar t3_11dl8hq in Connecticut
curbthemeplays t1_jabd20e wrote
Make about $125-200/hr on most projects. Mortgage is $2800/mo. Nice area in Milford.
I don’t know how anyone making under $100k a year lives in a nice house comfortably anywhere desirable in the country. It’s pretty sad.
chickennugar OP t1_jad3gil wrote
holy crap, what job pays that much?
i believe my dad makes 56k or so a year? he supports our family of four+the dog, my mom is retired. we live on a somewhat large piece of property in the, i guess you could say country. we live in a log style ranch my parents actually built themselves ten or so years ago.. so maybe that makes a difference.
my mother is always telling me id need combined income (like me + one other) to survive in this day and age but we make it by fine, so its confusing..
i do agree though that its sad- how high the cost of living gets, and how little wages pay. its like no matter how hard we work people will always be struggling.
curbthemeplays t1_jadkc1t wrote
Marketing freelancer. I have 15 years experience and have managed decent sized teams. I don’t work every week of the year, but yes, it’s solid money.
Yes living in the “country” helps. But near any desirable metro, I don’t care what state it’s in, has gotten very difficult for anyone with normal income to do well. And it’s not just inflation. Because when I look at what my parents paid to live in the NYC area back in the day, adjusted for inflation it’s less than half of what it is now.
I think part of it is increasing population with not enough building. CT is a prime example of that, lowest vacancy rate in country.
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