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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The thing I thought was odd about the article is that while it was discussing careers/jobs “disappearing” today, many of the examples made it clear that the fields were already reducing in scope when the Gen-X subjects were in their mid-late 20’s/early 30’s.

E.g., the guy who was working for Spin in the early 2000’s in NYC making $31K a year. Which would have been quite challenging to live on by then and he was in his early 30’s. My first real job in 1990 in the Midwest paid $22,500 and that was considered a pretty low salary.

The article content seemed relevant in, say 2005-2010, not 2025. [/quote]

An editor at Spin making $31k in early 2000s NYC would have been able to make an additional $10-15k in freelance income from other publications and gotten enormous perks, would have likely never paid for drinks or concert tickets and gotten flown all over on press junkets. Brooklyn was affordable then and it was the epicenter of the music scene. This guy would not have felt like he was struggling.[/quote]

+1 I made $30k in 2001-2003 in NYC, paid $600 rent in Brooklyn.[/quote]

+2 my first salaried job in 2000 in NYC paid $26,000. My boyfriend and I split the rent in Brooklyn, we didn’t need a car, we ate in (really good food) most of the time. Life was good. [/quote]

+3.  In 1997, I bought a 1bdr in Brooklyn.  For cash.  All $22.5K of it.[/quote]

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