https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-01/a-third-of-americans-making-250-000-say-costs-eat-entire-salary

      • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Eugh I would get positively round. Steak house mashed potatoes have like a stick of butter per serving and they give you enough for six people... Mmm... mashed potatoes...

        Sorry what were we talking about?

    • pooh [she/her, love/loves]
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      2 years ago

      I’d imagine living in an area with lots of these $250k jobs is absurdly expensive as far as housing goes, at least from what I’ve read/heard.

      • dro_away [none/use name]
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        2 years ago

        I just live in a 100 year floodplain for dirt cheap but have fiber optic and work two remote jobs. Relatively easy 300k,US before taxes per year.

        But I also save literally 90,% of that because I want to stop working as soon as possible, and money is the greatest insulation from pain in a market economy. I'll probably try electoralism in the off chance it works.

    • AernaLingus [any]
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      2 years ago

      I know my sibling and their partner were easily pulling in $250K+ but living paycheck to paycheck (and piling up debt!) because they lived in a high cost-of-living area but more importantly were spending gobs of money eating out at trendy places for nearly every meal (seriously, when I visited I looked in their cupboards and they were completely fucking empty), buying shittons of expensive clothing, and traveling in luxury. They were easily spending over $1K/week on food alone. It was insane for me to see...if I were making that kind of money, I'd be saving as much of it as possible so that I could free myself from work entirely. Blows my mind when people are fortunate enough to have the opportunity to have so much freedom and instead chain themselves to their jobs with unsustainably extravagant lifestyles.

    • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Mortgage/Rent a nice apartment or house somewhere expensive, then take out a loan on a really expensive sports car you don't need.

      You'd be surprised.

      • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        $20,000/month. So $10k for the apartment, $5k on food/booze, $2k in retirement/savings, and $3k on various?

        That's still insane

          • learntocod [they/them]
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            2 years ago

            And let’s not forget debt required to get to the point of earning that 250k