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Many people like to exaggerate the minimum cost of living to justify extravagant lifestyles. It's not necessary to eat out multiple times per week, have a new/r
by silicon2401 5y ago
Many people like to exaggerate the minimum cost of living to justify extravagant lifestyles. It's not necessary to eat out multiple times per week, have a new/recent car, subscribe to a long list of services like Netflix or Peloton, spend dozens/hundreds of dollars on eating or drinking out, keeping up with trends in clothing and commodities. But a lot of people don't have the self control to live simply, so instead they say that that's just the basic cost of living.
- MeinBlutIstBlau 5y agoI agree wholeheartedly. So many people tell me the same thing about NYC but if that's the case, how are people able to live there making sub $60k? So my mind just jumps to affluenza stricken people that have FOMO so bad they must spend every single dime on a high quality lifestyle.
- silicon2401 5y agoI think that's more common than people admit. Another good one is when people act as if it's impossible to raise kids with less than 1 bedroom and car per kid, as well as family trips every year and extracurricular lessons throughout their lives. Meanwhile oblivious to the fact that millions of families live in tiny apartments, have no extracurriculars or travel, and still end up fine.