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Sure, I want a small house but do not expect to ever again be able to live in one.
I'm living in an 8-person, 4BR house. (Two people live in common areas.) Right before that I lived in a 10-person, 5BR house. (The owners and their grandson slept in the living room.)
The thing about window air conditioners is they come in numerous size and capacity options. As a poor person who lives with other poor people, my experience has been with cheap low-end window air conditioners.
And if the state you're in is too expensive: MOVE. I moved out of CA to a much cheaper state. Best thing we ever did. I love Malibu, but I can't afford to live there. This is the biggest "duh concept" ever.
The whole "the economy is bad and wages aren't keeping up" is a joke of an argument. My grandparents who starved during the depression would be appalled if they were still here to see this nonsense.
Alley
Amen. We moved out of CA too. And our kids and their friends are following us.
Sometimes you just need to make some strategic decisions for your family and luckily we live in a huge country with many choices.
Maybe if you don't like the "means" that you have to work with, it would be a good idea to look at how you can improve yourself to increase your standard of living.
I don't see how complaining about rich people will make anyone's life better. However, spending less that what you bring in, saving, investing, looking for ways to improve yourself--how could that be bad?
I wouldn't expect anyone to be able to afford a $750,000 house. But you could go in with relatives or friends and buy a house you can afford. Then fix it up nights and weekends and sell it in a few years and buy a nicer one. But that would involve actual work and staying on a careful budget and--Oh, God--living within your means. Probably too hard. Easier to complain.
Most people who say things like this were born with rich or at least middle class parents and have no idea what real poverty is like or how hard it is to try to get better education when you have no money to start from and your rich mommy and daddy aren't paying for your college and housing. And don't even get me started on what a bad idea it is for people from poor backgrounds to get student loans.
Most people who say things like this were born with rich or at least middle class parents and have no idea what real poverty is like or how hard it is to try to get better education when you have no money to start from and your rich mommy and daddy aren't paying for your college and housing. And don't even get me started on what a bad idea it is for people from poor backgrounds to get student loans.
Most poor people are also stupid. Education won't do them any good, and they would just flunk out of school. The advice on bettering yourself obviously only applies to those people who are not naturally inferior.
In the last 30 years, what happened when you lived with non-alcoholics? How much higher was your income?
About 30 percent, although I'm not sure how relevant that is, because for two-thirds of that time I was not selling online. My peak earning years were 1997-2001, when I was actively selling online.
And drunks are fine with me as long as they don't have landlord or employment power over me.
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