Well over $100k in the higher cost of living states, too. And as the article states, that’s typically about double what the median salary is for a single person in most states.
I’d like to point out that AES states - while maybe they didn’t have all the same quality or quantity of consumer goods - were able to able to to provide a comfortable life for everyone without all the predatory that US workers currently have. And don’t take my word for it, take it from the neoliberal queen herself, Angela Merkel. When asked about life in the former GDR, she described it as “almost comfortable”. Now before you mention that “almost” is an important qualifier, note that the context of her quote was her trying to criticize the former GDR but she grudgingly conceded the comment above.
i have a commercial dryer and washer that came from rental units or other some institution so they are really simple
parts are common too i just swap out the heater coils if they go bad, did the timer once. the washer keeps chugging
i will never buy a smart appliance. my fridge is also a commercial model, the kind you find in breakrooms
capital isn't quite at the level of screwing it's own kind (YET) so buy "commercial" models of stuff and preferably with no smart features. it's like fleet vehicles but for appliances