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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Truly wealthy people can save for retirement and kids' college and still have money left over at the end of the month. The vast majority of people can't.[/quote]

Plenty of people on DCUM would if they would just move that's why all of this is so sad/hilarious[/quote]

Move where?  My job is tied to major urban areas and is not transferable to some lower COL area.  Not just I wouldn't get paid as much as I do here, but the job that I do literally does not exist outside the DC/NYC/SF/Chicago areas in decent enough numbers to risk relocating.  I know someone who moved for an industry job to a smaller city, and, when laid off from that job, had no other opportunities in the field and was unemployed for a year despite having excellent references, skills, and professional presence.  Move further from the city?  I already have an hour-long commute, and I live in a house that I'm pretty sure would be described as a "shitshack" by many people here.

Believe me, I am saving my pennies to get the hell out of here as soon as I possibly can, but the idea that people can just pick up their DC-centric jobs and move is sad/hilarious.  I don't stay because I love DC, I stay because this is where the high-paying jobs in my field are.[/quote]

Further out from DC. Drive. See also: smaller house.[/quote]

I don't live in North Arlington/McLean/Potomac in a $1M+ house.  I live outside the Beltway in a 40-year-old house that is neither cramped nor spacious.  We have reached a point where any further out is going to exceed mortgage cost savings with commuting costs, and we're balancing a mid-point on two commutes in opposite directions.  My commute is an hour each way on a good day.  I have elementary-school-aged children I like to see on a daily basis.

But, please, tell me more about moving to a tiny house in West Virginia or something.[/quote]

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