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It is not entitlement, There is zero reason that anyone making over 6 figures should not be able to sustain living on their own. The ONLY reason I cannot is be

It is not entitlement, There is zero reason that anyone making over 6 figures should not be able to sustain living on their own. The ONLY reason I cannot is because rent prices continue to skyrocket. If someone making over 6 figures has to get roommates there is something seriously broken. That is not entitlement.

Kon-Peki 4y ago
You wrote that you are going to move in with your partner but that it won't help much, yet you also are writing that rent is the biggest problem you have. This is a little confusing to me. If you don't want to go into more detail that's perfectly fine, but you aren't going to get much useful advice. The best I can say is this: The world is cruel, and society isn't really all that into freely giving people what they deserve. "Entitlement" is a fairly loaded word these days, so I'll just skip using it. It's not about what you deserve, it's what you can pay for. When I graduated and got my first real job, a bunch of old software engineers gave me a hard time about my fiscal habits. I met and married a wonderful woman and she gave me a hard time about my fiscal habits. I learned; I was pushed; I was pulled; I changed. And I never would have done it myself. We lived "cheaply" and had a high savings rate. We paid off credit cards, student loans, medical debt. All while renting. We eventually bought a place that was much cheaper than we could "afford", and eventually moved up to a nicer place. It's still not as nice as other people we know. If they care, they don't say anything to us about it. Whatever. Long ago I stopped thinking about what I deserve. What society owes me as a highly-compensated person. It's fine over on this side.
s1artibartfast 4y ago
6 figures isn't much in one of the most expensive locations on the planet today. Inflation matters a lot and 6 figure designation doesn't mean what it once did. 100k in 2000 is 50K today. 100k in 1980 is 25k today.
- nerdjon 4y ago
  I do realize this, but going by the 30% rule on 100k a year is still $2,500 a month on rent. It should be possible find a place on your own for that much. I will also say that for myself, I am below that 30% marker for what I pay and make. Even with the $500 increase I have mentioned. So either that 30% recommendation is broken, or something else is (I mean we all know that housing market is broken so no reason to dance around it). So yes I do realize that inflation matters, but 100k is still a lot of money. There are entire families that live on less than that. And yet, the idea that I make well over that and want to live on my own is entitled? And yes I do also acknowledge I live in a city, but I also don't have the expense of a car (monthly payment and insurance) or the gas to run it. This is very broken. Yes my $1,500 a month towards medical loans is not helping my situation, but that is also why I am below 30% for rent.
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adammarples 4y ago
So yeah that is reason 1. Plus your huge debts which are reasons 2 and 3. Not zero reasons. I have always lived with people, living alone seems like a great way to burn money. At least in England it is a little more commonly accepted.

Kon-Peki 4y ago

You wrote that you are going to move in with your partner but that it won't help much, yet you also are writing that rent is the biggest problem you have. This is a little confusing to me. If you don't want to go into more detail that's perfectly fine, but you aren't going to get much useful advice. The best I can say is this: The world is cruel, and society isn't really all that into freely giving people what they deserve. "Entitlement" is a fairly loaded word these days, so I'll just skip using it. It's not about what you deserve, it's what you can pay for. When I graduated and got my first real job, a bunch of old software engineers gave me a hard time about my fiscal habits. I met and married a wonderful woman and she gave me a hard time about my fiscal habits. I learned; I was pushed; I was pulled; I changed. And I never would have done it myself. We lived "cheaply" and had a high savings rate. We paid off credit cards, student loans, medical debt. All while renting. We eventually bought a place that was much cheaper than we could "afford", and eventually moved up to a nicer place. It's still not as nice as other people we know. If they care, they don't say anything to us about it. Whatever. Long ago I stopped thinking about what I deserve. What society owes me as a highly-compensated person. It's fine over on this side.

s1artibartfast 4y ago

6 figures isn't much in one of the most expensive locations on the planet today. Inflation matters a lot and 6 figure designation doesn't mean what it once did. 100k in 2000 is 50K today. 100k in 1980 is 25k today.

nerdjon 4y ago
I do realize this, but going by the 30% rule on 100k a year is still $2,500 a month on rent. It should be possible find a place on your own for that much. I will also say that for myself, I am below that 30% marker for what I pay and make. Even with the $500 increase I have mentioned. So either that 30% recommendation is broken, or something else is (I mean we all know that housing market is broken so no reason to dance around it). So yes I do realize that inflation matters, but 100k is still a lot of money. There are entire families that live on less than that. And yet, the idea that I make well over that and want to live on my own is entitled? And yes I do also acknowledge I live in a city, but I also don't have the expense of a car (monthly payment and insurance) or the gas to run it. This is very broken. Yes my $1,500 a month towards medical loans is not helping my situation, but that is also why I am below 30% for rent.

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adammarples 4y ago

So yeah that is reason 1. Plus your huge debts which are reasons 2 and 3. Not zero reasons. I have always lived with people, living alone seems like a great way to burn money. At least in England it is a little more commonly accepted.