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Like I mentioned earlier, infant care at a daycare cost $120-150 here.
I don't believe you, unless that is per week rather than per month. You've been making absurdly framed claims in this entire thread. This cost is far below market in any major metro area in the country, I've looked the #'s up.
Lets look at it this way - where I'm from, a couple with 1-2 kids can live a pretty good life on $35k/year (pretty basic job for one parent). The kids will go to average or above average schools, parents drive newish cars (2007+), live a nice 3br/2ba house on 0.5 acre and they'll go on several vacations every year. They could even build a college fund. I see this day in day out.
You haven't adjusted this for inflation, have you? Maybe they could 8-10 years ago but I doubt it today...
Median household income $46k.
3br/2ba home ~$70-90k (I paid around $50k)
Property tax ~$800-1200/yr
Home insurance ~$50/month
Car payment ~$200/month (let's assume '07 Civic)
Car insurance ~$60/month
Utilities ~$250/month
Cell phone ~$60/month (for 2)
Gasoline ~$100/month (assuming 12k yr at 35mpg)
Health insurance ?
Car/home maintenance ?
Food ?
I know people that live in the south (KS). You aren't getting infant care for $150 unless you move out to BFE (and then where would you work) or you use a home day care (and even they are going to charge close to $100/week+food).
I'm 25 miles outside a city of 1M. I provided links a while back to churches providing infant care for $120-130.
I don't believe you, unless that is per week rather than per month. You've been making absurdly framed claims in this entire thread. This cost is far below market in any major metro area in the country, I've looked the #'s up.
Call the places I linked to. I can find infant care for $150-170/month without trying.
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