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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can point to three points in my career when I made choices that sacrificed money for family/meaningful work. Looking back, I would change my decisions.

Being financially stressed in middle age when care of parents and facing college with almost no savings is miserable. Did you know you can save cash by going without health insurance for two months a year without penalty? Sucks to be me.[/quote]

Thank you for sharing this. Having grown up poor, I think people here are romanticizing 'a simpler life'. Although to be fair, it sounds like most people are talking about going from being wealthy to being comfortable, not poor. Think about what you may give up - the ability to pay for an unforseen medical emergency, help out a relative going through a crisis, or your child's college undergrad.

Obviously the above may not directly apply to the OP - [b]I think 150K is still very comfortable in most places in the US.  [/b][/quote]

Well, of course it is--it's 3x the median household income. It's the top 11% across the US. http://money.cnn.com/calculator/pf/income-rank/

It's still a comfortable salary in DC, as the median HHI here is 93k. Folks who argue they're slumming it at that salary (not that anyone in this thread has) are delusional.[/quote]

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