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So you have two choices: continue living on your own and paying rent which is probably costing you around $800 - $1200 or move back home and pay nothing? If yo

So you have two choices: continue living on your own and paying rent which is probably costing you around $800 - $1200 or move back home and pay nothing? If you move back home, you can, will, and won't: 1. Appreciate the presence of your parents, the time is quite limited, more than you realize [will] 2. Save any money that would have gone towards rent [can] 3. Make a plan to become profitable by X date with an extended date in case you haven't become profitable. [will] 4. After becoming profitable, coming up with an amount for when you will be moving out or decide if you just want to stay and pay them a bit of rent for helping you out until you make double or triple enough to convince you to get your dream place [will] 5. Play video games all day [won't] 6. Dedicate at least 6 - 8 hours a day to working on your projects [can] So with a good opportunity in mind, roommates can be awesome, but they are just mostly semi-friends helping you pay rent. Usually nothing more and nothing less. You'll appreciate it when you have a place of your own. I moved out when I was 23 and never moved back home again.

scott_siskind 4y ago
I'm curious how you came up with that rent values ($800 - $1200). I'm in Western Europe, a medium sized city, and I can't get a studio without 1000 EUR. Similarly, I imagine that in most places in California, that amount won't get you much of a home.
- paulcole 4y ago
  $800-$1200 is probably roughly either what they paid for rent when they were in their 20s or what they pay for rent today. My guess would be the former because people tend to default to thinking that their reality is someone else’s reality.
- mattbgates 4y ago
  Where I live, rent rates are around that. He also said that he's sharing an apartment with a few other people... so he's probably not paying full rent.

scott_siskind 4y ago

I'm curious how you came up with that rent values ($800 - $1200). I'm in Western Europe, a medium sized city, and I can't get a studio without 1000 EUR. Similarly, I imagine that in most places in California, that amount won't get you much of a home.

paulcole 4y ago
$800-$1200 is probably roughly either what they paid for rent when they were in their 20s or what they pay for rent today. My guess would be the former because people tend to default to thinking that their reality is someone else’s reality.
mattbgates 4y ago
Where I live, rent rates are around that. He also said that he's sharing an apartment with a few other people... so he's probably not paying full rent.