>I'd give up current times to go back to the 50s-70s where you could comfortably live on one income in the suburbs. You can still do that if you're willing to

>I'd give up current times to go back to the 50s-70s where you could comfortably live on one income in the suburbs. You can still do that if you're willing to make sacrifices. A colleague of mine gets by on one income - I don't know what he makes now, but he started at $35k about five years ago. And this is in the SF bay area. When you do the math having both spouses working doesn't increase your standard of living very much because of taxes and child care.