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Wow, how is your cost of living so low?
I live in a tiny 75-year-old granny cottage, drive a 17-year-old truck, wear 10-year-old clothes, never eat out, and never travel anywhere.
Have you tried cutting back on avocado toast?
I wasn't complaining
Well then you’re too perfect for this world. [a compliment few will ever deserve]
I’ve lived that life and it’s fucking awesome. Congrats at winning. I hope I can join you soon.
Chuckling at the downvotes, treatlers mad at your simple living I guess
Turning off that feature sure was among the better choices when it comes to my social media use and mental well-being. Knowing Lemmy, it's probably my choice of transportation.
Are you living alone? That’s the only way I can make those numbers add up. I’ve got a similar lifestyle but repairs/food/dependants mean I need a significantly higher income to break even AND save for retirement.
I'd be living even cheaper than this if I was living alone. My average monthly expenses for the past 3 years have been 2989.22€ including retirement investments.
okay. €. Here's the catch. ask the americans what they pay for health insurance and childcare...
Why do I need to ask that? I know it's expensive.
Because what you're stating about your budget doesn't take into consideration the social safety you're leveraging that americans have to allocate additional budget for (or risk the consequences).
This isn't a competition
but it's misleading through and through. what's the median household income where you live?
I don't know why you're looking to argue about it but I'm not interested. I simply stated that where I live 100k a year would take you so much further than it does in the US. Take care now.
No, you didn’t mention “than in the US,” so people assumed you were sharing an American perspective under an article about US states’ cost of living.
Greetings from your southern neighbor!
yup. many people don't understand that while salaries are lower in the EU, your taxes cover actually life-changing governmental services the US doesn't. (i personally know both perspectives)
it took you 5 posts to tell us you're not in the US. it's simply impossible to interpret your takes without context. you'd need twice as much money in the US to have a comparable lifestyle.
I already said I'm from the northern europe. I don't get what your problem is..
My problem?
...and I live in Denmark (or some other country where people don't default on medical debt).
This thread is wild.
I assumed it would be obvious from my first post that I don't live in the US when I mentioned living comfortably on 35k a year in a thread about needing 100k to be considered middle class in the US. Clearly, it wasn't obvious, so I clarified it in my third reply (not the fifth, as you claimed), four hours before your first message to me. Do you want me to apologize for not anticipating this potential confusion from the start, or what exactly are you after here? How about just saying, "Sorry, I missed your message where you said you live in the EU"?
It's all good, your third reply was actually the 14th post on the very bottom of this pile, sorry that we wasted each other's time. Unfortunately there is nothing new about the fact that people living in functioning social democracies surrounded by wealthy neighbors can actually downsize without risking their children's education, or healthcare.
Really? I would have guessed jealousy, like a petty "tHeY hAvE iT EaSy" or something else small-minded. Either way, kudos!