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[quote=Anonymous]DH and I are from the South. I will preface this by saying I KNOW if we still lived in the South we wouldn't have the HHI we do here (about $115k). But sometimes I allow myself to think of what life would be like if we DID still live there with this HHI and it makes me feel sick. Our rent here is $1760 for a 2 bedroom apartment- that rent would get us a 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath, 2 car garage where we're from. (In fact, we own a home where we're from and the entire mortgage on it is $760/month.) We got the oil changed in both cars 2 weeks ago to the tune of about $50 each. Went back to our home state last week for a visit and saw a million oil change places offering the same thing for $19.99. It makes you feel like a fucking CHUMP when you realize how far your money could go elsewhere... if only the money would actually FOLLOW you elsewhere, which it most likely won't.

It's just nuts to me that $115,000 is seen as *really* good money in many parts of the country, but here in Loudoun County (wealthiest county in the US, yay), we feel... okay. A little squeezed, and certainly not living the lifestyle I'd have envisioned $115k getting someone when I was little. [/quote]

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