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While it's really interesting and insightful overall, the "$40,000/year is enough" part bothers me. I see it doesn't include health insurance, and while it incl
by AceJohnny2 12y ago
While it's really interesting and insightful overall, the "$40,000/year is enough" part bothers me. I see it doesn't include health insurance, and while it includes "savings" I have to question how much of a safety net he's actually building himself.
It looks like a classic case of "I'm young and nothing bad's happened to me so why get insurance?".
- Stefan-H 12y agoThe author specifically mentions he is still under his parent's health insurance.
- xienze 12y agoActually he said he _doesn't_ save anything -- he had some savings going in to it. Furthermore, if he had an extra $800 per month "savings" would be at the bottom of his list. Pretty responsible guy.
- jtfairbank 12y agoHe says he's on his parent's insurance, so at least he has that. Also, people survive on far less than 40k a year in the states.
- mentat 12y ago"The states" are not the Bay Area.