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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If it's so hard to make $350k and feel forced to buy close in and hire out everything because they have to work long hours...then don't.

Go get a job managing retail or teaching or driving for UPS.  You can live close to work, make 1/4 of what you make now, but you won't "have" to purchase all those luxuries.  Don't worry, childcare is cheaper out here in the burbs too.

[b]But seriously.  Our household income is half what's in the budget, and we feel like we have plenty of extra money each month.[/b]  We are early 30s, young kids, so no excuse of "you bought years ago".  We didn't.[/quote]

Yes, this. So much. SO much of it has to do with perception. I grew up working in my family business after school, during holidays and summers from college, and after I graduated. Many years were very hard for our retail business. I remember making a sale once, right before closing for the evening, for $38 and thinking, We can go grab what we need at the grocery store with this!

I now live in the DMV area and make six figures. We certainly don't make enough to afford the $1.8m home, but we have absolutely everything we need. Every time I get a promotion, I thank my lucky stars that life gets a little more comfortable for me and my family. There will always be tradeoffs. But compared to what most people in this country and in this world have, I have few complaints.
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