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Living in a high cost of living area is voluntary consumption just as much as leasing a new BMW or going on European vacations twice a year. If he wants to stop
by acheron 7y ago
Living in a high cost of living area is voluntary consumption just as much as leasing a new BMW or going on European vacations twice a year. If he wants to stop "just treading water", then he can move somewhere else, such as a place that's not in the top 3 most expensive areas in the country; just like the guy with the BMW can buy a used Honda instead.
- jqgatsby 7y agoThat's a common fallacy. Places that have high paying jobs usually have high cost of living. You can't typically command high salaries in cheaper areas, but people seem to think that just by virtue of living in a certain area you are defacto well-off. Anyway, this hypothetical guy isn't helping my case, because we can either add or subtract virtues to make him more or less sympathetic. As someone who matched this description personally, I can tell you I did not feel "upper middle class" by any stretch of the imagination, which is what I was responding to.