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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do you guys know how much housing and childcare cost around here?

I'm the person who posted in the furlough thread about feeling stupid for. buying 3 pieces of furniture. For context, my living room has had literally only seating i have scavenged from the curb for free for the last 2.5 years.  Finally I got tired of living off other people's trash and spent $300 on a used coffee table and 2 chairs. Replacing the trash couch is still too expensive, that will wait. And i still don't have curtains, just cheap blinds.

Meanwhile, I have spent $1500/month on day care during this period, and until I got a federal job this spring i was spending $900/month for family health insurance. But you really think it's consumerism that holds people back from saving? How deeply out of touch and moralistic. [/quote]

That's your situation.

From the other thread, people are talking about Prada and Gucci and plane tickets and cleaning services...and yet they say money is tight. Isn't that consumerism? Over spending?

Housing and day care are expensive. Therefore, people must minimize housing costs and make tough decisions about when to have a baby, how many kids to have, etc. And obviously two incomes tend to be better than one. [/quote]

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