I would never think to deny anything you're saying. The 2000 word character limit on submissions prevented me from being more explicit in what I was decrying, w

I would never think to deny anything you're saying. The 2000 word character limit on submissions prevented me from being more explicit in what I was decrying, which is that wellbeing does not seem to scale commensurately with salary/wealth/effort, and in fact there are non-obvious penalties. It seems you agree with that point. I'm also addressing the HN demographic specifically. Our options don't tend to be low-wage service worker vs high-salary tech employee. Many of us could in theory trade away a high salary for a lower one that yields a dramatically better lifestyle. What I'm trying to point out is that making that decision may in fact be a more optimal strategy and worth considering. Look, I'm someone who definitely empathizes with all of the pain in this world, but please permit me the opportunity to be momentarily a bit more selfish and consider my own situation, which parallels that of a lot of people in this community. Side note: buying is much more often a bad proposition vs renting than people think. Even if you have a net positive ROI, it still likely does not compensate for the increased time loss + stress involved in home ownership. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/upshot/buy-rent-calculator.html?mtrref=www.google.com&gwh=8318A2FFD3074C4C01EA6395E901C641&gwt=pay https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/upshot/buy-rent-cal... Other side note: private institutions on balance don't offer a better education, but are superior for networking and credentialing (here I mean the top 25ish; not the scumbaggy student loan black holes), which (sadly) are among the most important levers for value creation in life. Of course that only matters if value creation is an important goal for your kids.