• AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    You can basically half American salary numbers because we have to pay for a lot of stuff that Europeans usually don't need to pay for. $57k in America is struggling if you live in a city. Anything below $40k is one car repair away from being financially ruined.

    • newerAccountWhoDis [they/them]
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      1 year ago

      Anything below $40k is one car repair away from being financially ruined.

      You guys have cars while being poor? Sorry but seems stupid to me

      • JohannaChittarra
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        1 year ago

        Welcome to our country that has utterly failed to invest in public transit outside of a few major cities, such that we must be dependent on cars. Love it here. amerikkka

      • AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml
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        1 year ago

        You are correct. We are forced to have them though. There's no mass transit and everything is two hours away on foot. Most new cars now are $40k unless you get like a base Sentra but the median income is only $60k.

    • DudePluto@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      What are we considering in vs out of city? Does in city mean just downtown, within city limits, within metro area? And what are we considering a city - 300k population?

      • culpritus [any]
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        1 year ago

        Less than 30 minute commute, if it's less than that the price of housing goes up ~20% for each 5 minutes you would save.