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[quote=Anonymous]I think some of it depends on what you've gotten used to. I work in a field where my income tends to be in the $50-60k/year range (and have student debt). My husband was making more in the $70-80k range. Compared to friends who are a social worker and music teacher, we were rich; compared to lots of others in DC, we were were not. We ate out lots with out friends, and had a very nice life, but we weren't saving money. (We'd have been assholes to complain, but we also felt like DC was just too expensive, on those salaries.) In the last year, my husband just got a raise to over $100k, and we moved to a cheaper city. Having a six figure salary - and living in a cheaper city - feels very different. Compared to the people in the city where we are now, we are doing very well. So in both relative senses - what we were used to, and the people around us - things feel a whole lot easier with a six figure salary. TL;DR: get out of DC.[/quote]
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