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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our family of 4, including two teenagers and a small mortgage, lives on 120K per year in Bethesda. That's not counting college costs, which come out of a different pot.

When they were younger, we got by on 80K a year.  But that was before the pandemic-and tariff-era inflation.

So it depends how many of you are on this income and what your needs are, but one or two people could live on that much in this very area. And indeed, many do![/quote]

Exactly.  I cannot believe this entire thread.  A childless couple with subsidized healthcare can easily afford to live in DC metro or any HCOLA if not insisting on the most premium neighborhoods.  Even in nice suburbs of HCOL cities you can find a condo for rent for under 3K that would be comfortable for a couple.  And in middle class suburbs you could rent an entire house for 3K.

If 80K is after tax (which is what it sounds like) I seriously don’t understand how people suggest you need to go overseas for greener pastures.  It’s over 6600 a month take home money.  Finding a rental for 2600 should not be hard for a childless couple not insisting on posh accommodations. Then you have 4K to live on because you aren’t paying $$$$ for private health insurance premiums/deductibles and have no house maintenance costs.  If you cannot find a way to live on it comfortably (I assume there is no pressure to save and there is already retirement fund of some sort) then you don’t have your head screwed on right.

The key here is not having to save (it seems like this is the living income after tax) and not having to pay exorbitant rapacious health insurance costs.  You can have fairly comfortable life anywhere in the USA.[/quote]

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