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Ah, you play game of life on easy mode, you have no kids. I was living on sub-10k$/year in the heart of the most expensive city on planet - Zurich (back then),

Ah, you play game of life on easy mode, you have no kids. I was living on sub-10k$/year in the heart of the most expensive city on planet - Zurich (back then), while owning nothing. That was rather trivial, hiking and walking in the forests is for free, great public swimming pools are cheap and lake was for free in the summer so staying happy and fit was easy to achieve. But like with all games, playing games on easiest modes aint the idea of most rewarding fun for most folks, and this metaphor is also true for life itself.

bm3719 4y ago
Can confirm that SWE salary + no kids + modest needs/desires can make for an easy mode life. Myself and some others I'm familiar with in a similar situation use the free the bandwidth to load up on complexity in other areas, like work. Others just enjoy an easy life. Either can be quite rewarding, just as I'm sure procreating sometimes is.
- trashface 4y ago
  I also didn't have kids and don't regret it. BTW I looked it up and the PA county I'm in is about $42K per capita income, highest in the state, so yeah don't move here lol.