Fact: You can make it on 20k a year, and easily on 30k.

[BloodofDante]

Let's take major expenses into account.

1.) Home
a.) Live with parents until mid to late 20s while saving up. No shame in this.
b.) Move into grandparents house when they die. Also no shame in this.
c.) Double wide trailers can be bought for 12-15k.

2.) Car

Buy a car for about $15,000. If you drive a normal amount it should be able to last 10-15 years.
Never buy a new car unless yours literally will not run anymore.

Clothes

1 pair of jeans can last for 5 years (mine have, they costed about $60)
Buy 1-2 new t shirts every year.
1 jacket can last 5+ years.
Buy a new pair of shoes every 2nd year.


Do all of these things and you can be living a decent life with super low expenses and even making a poverty salary you can have extra money for fun.

[CuttingForever]

But I HAVE to get a new iphone everytime they release a new one!


/sarcasm

[Vyraal]

But who was balance?

[SergeyBrin]

you can stop making these thread easy too (srs)

who are you trying to convince? (srs)

[sdshakal]

Not in San Diego

[SergeyBrin]

brb spending 75% (at 20k) of income on a car
brb spending 50% (at 30k) of income on a car

sounds legit

math is for dem dere aristocrats

[Armord]

Dunno what you're on about op but lettuce all do some math;

Apartments in the south east usually run you about 900/month. that's including all living expenses except food.

Next is food and other random first world problem stuff like a cell phone etc.

I'd say realistically, including fun shiet, it might take a tad over 20k. To be on your own and happy. stay safe.

[Achilles87]

15k car


uwotm8

[Ativit]

move out of parents house in late 20s and into a trailer
buy 1 new tshirt a year
buy 1 pair of jeans every 5 years
buy 1 pair of shoes every 2 years

brb, 'making it'
brb everyone who knows me thinks im some kind of tramp

[Fthepolicepigs]

Depends where you live i know in Fl you can

Brb rent a nice apartment for 700-800 a month

[ihavecandygetin]

I got 3 kids and wife on 36k ... srs, not hard.

[Krunk Fu]

ITT OP condones living in a trailer park.

[RainingBlood]

Not everybody wants to live in a trailer

[NYSackExchange]

No, you quite literally can't here. You need to make 40x the rent and there is not a $500/month apartment that exists in NYC.

Sorry op. You aren't going to make it.

[M3some]

Posting from iPhone 5s while my car is leaking oil everywhere which is going to cost me at least $500 plus $1000 in bills (rent,phone,food,insurance) I doubt I can make it with 30k a year *******

[bulkdbrah]

But I HAVE to get a new iphone everytime they release a new one!


/sarcasm

so do I, no sarcasm

[jamesbwbevis]

I got 3 kids and wife on 36k ... srs, not hard.

???

[ThaWhistle]

presumably, if you know costed isnt a word, you can make much more money than that.

[ihavecandygetin]

???

I. Make. $36,xxx. a. year.

Has. 3. kids.

wife. no. job.

has. a. house.

[LazyStarfish]

If thats where life brought you and, you are happy sure. But, lets be tea here the vast majority of peope want materialistic things they don't need (including me)

[thsker]

I. Make. $36,xxx. a. year.

Has. 3. kids.

wife. no. job.

has. a. house.

So how much government assistance do you get that you aren't telling us about?

[jamesbwbevis]

So how much government assistance do you get that you aren't telling us about?

this.

I make about that much on my own in a cheap city and it still doesnt go very far. you gettin dem handouts for sure

[IsNotOP]

So True Opie.

I live in Socal making sub 30k and im doing great.

[icantevenlift]

sure you can, not that I'd want to. No thanks poverty

[DASCATMAN]

Very true op, as long as you pay your way at home it is fine (i.e. supporting your parents financially where you can.)

[Copperplate]

OP you live in rural middle-of-nowhere though. Quit making assumptions on costs of living elsewhere based on your personal experiences because most of us don't have a hundred acre backyard.

[ihavecandygetin]

this.

I make about that much on my own in a cheap city and it still doesnt go very far. you gettin dem handouts for sure

My kid gets free school lunch. That's it.

House (rent) is 1k a month, heat included and has 2 car garage with gym in 1 bay
cars: paid for
cell phones: $100
Internet/Netflix: $60.
Rest is food/clothes.

Wife watches kids cus daycare costs so much. I'm going back to college/working. That's it, no TANF/Obama-Phone/hand-outs. I got my pride and my family, most of my income is post 9/11 GI Bill so I don't have any tax liability and do get EIC on tax returns, but that's it.

Lifes not hard when you cut out the excess bullchit. I work/school and hang out with the family. It doesn't cost money to lift weights or go to the park.

[Aguy2diefor]

I'm not sure if this possible if you have kids tbh.

But with 30k, yeah you could live comfortable with that much.

-900 Rent
-450 car expenses every month
-150 Food
-400 Dollars for whatever you wanna buy

You get to save up at least 1k a month.

[icantevenlift]

My kid gets free school lunch. That's it.

House (rent) is 1k a month, heat included and has 2 car garage with gym in 1 bay
cars: paid for
cell phones: $100
Internet/Netflix: $60.
Rest is food/clothes.

Wife watches kids cus daycare costs so much. I'm going back to college/working. That's it, no TANF/Obama-Phone/hand-outs. I got my pride and my family, most of my income is post 9/11 GI Bill so I don't have any tax liability and do get EIC on tax returns, but that's it.

Lifes not hard when you cut out the excess bullchit. I work/school and hang out with the family. It doesn't cost money to lift weights or go to the park.

what happens during xmas when you don't have school and don't get paid?

[jamesbwbevis]

My kid gets free school lunch. That's it.

House (rent) is 1k a month, heat included and has 2 car garage with gym in 1 bay
cars: paid for
cell phones: $100
Internet/Netflix: $60.
Rest is food/clothes.

Wife watches kids cus daycare costs so much. I'm going back to college/working. That's it, no TANF/Obama-Phone/hand-outs. I got my pride and my family, most of my income is post 9/11 GI Bill so I don't have any tax liability and do get EIC on tax returns, but that's it.

Lifes not hard when you cut out the excess bullchit. I work/school and hang out with the family. It doesn't cost money to lift weights or go to the park.

respect