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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it’s insane that our $250K family did not get 1 penny FA for a $60K/year school.

We were also not always $250K family, we were closer to $160/year, then $180K for a few years. Plus the $250 includes one of us having 2 jobs.

My H is a cop and I was a GS-13 most our lives so we could not really save that much.[/quote]

It's absurd to characterize 250k families as privileged in 2023. After taxes, there is not much left.[/quote]

Yes, it is. Median household income in the United States is under $71K.[b] It’s no one else’s fault that you *chose* to live in one of the most expensive housing markets in the country.

DCUM’s ideas about income are delusional.[/quote]

Most people live where they can get jobs and/or close to their family.  [/quote]

And people should choose to live within their means.  You know your income and cost of living and you budget and adjust.  If you choose to live in an expensive area just to be near family, great.  But then it's a choice and you need to adjust accordingly.  If your job does not pay enough to live in a HCOL area then actively search and make a plan to move elsewhere.  Fact is life is about choices.  Majority of Americans live on much less than the DCUM.  Some even in HCOL areas.  If you choose to live in HCOL area you have to adjust your lifestyle to accommodate and that means getting less "wants" satisfied if you want to be a responsible adult. 
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Again with the just move to a lower cost area. That is not possible for many people. And that reasoning makes no freaking sense bc then just well off people would live in HCOL areas. And who is going to do all the other jobs (which are the vast majority of jobs)? Are you saying nurses, teachers, cops, etc should only live in LCOL areas?  How far would they have to commute just to come work at a HCOL area to support the rich folks? Teach their kids?  DCUM is filed with supposedly smart people but damn, some of you can’t really see outside your bubble and are some of the most concrete thinkers I’ve ever come across. [/quote]

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