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Ah yeah if you live in a big city served by public transportation, having a car becomes a luxury. I’m a suburb/rural guy so having a car is more of a necessity,
by qwerpy 3y ago
Ah yeah if you live in a big city served by public transportation, having a car becomes a luxury. I’m a suburb/rural guy so having a car is more of a necessity, but housing is cheaper and parking is free so the costs cancel out somewhat.
- alephnerd 3y agoYep. Most of those high earning jobs are in the city and suburban areas, which makes car ownership a luxury. Though, even in rural areas car ownership costs have become heavily unaffordable, now that average rent prices nationally are around $1400/mo compared to $700/mo a decade ago [0], while median salary in 2023 is at $4,000/mo (pre-tax) [0] - https://www.census.gov/housing/hvs/data/histtab11.xlsx https://www.census.gov/housing/hvs/data/histtab11.xlsx