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Twice median wages means that you should actually be comfortably able to take 6 months off each year. Of course I understand also why you wouldn't want to sacri
by maigret 14y ago
Twice median wages means that you should actually be comfortably able to take 6 months off each year. Of course I understand also why you wouldn't want to sacrifice that money for more more free time, I'm just telling this is a decision more than a pure need.
- nodata 14y agoThat would only be true if he had the spending habits (house, car, etc) that matched the life of someone on a median wage. i.e. no keeping up with the jones'.
- AndrewDucker 14y agoThis is only true if I'm living in either a median-priced city (which Edinburgh is not) or a low-priced home in a more expensive city (which, frankly, are not nice). I could certainly take the time off, if I was willing to share a flat with other people rather than owning my own home - but dividing my wages in half would make my mortgage completely unaffordable - and the kind of mortgage I could afford would then have me living miles away from work and commuting long distances. Or living in horribly deprived areas. Your statement assumes that the median wage produces a reasonable standard of living for everyone, no matter where in the country they live, and that's simply not true.