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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I totally get it- we are in a very similar situation, I almost wonder if you are my husband posting. [b]I do not feel like we have money to burn AT ALL.[/b][/quote]

If that's your definition of not feeling poor, you will always feel poor. [/quote]

Agree.  This is a pathetic posting and clearly someone who is humble bragging.  [/quote]

OP here .... i get into this argument with some family/friend back home (they think i am ridiculous when i say i am struggling) but i think there is something people are missing here.

unless you're some trust fund kid, $350k a year doesnt come easy.... it involves years and years of sacrificing ... moving a lot , traveling for work, living in places you don't like, beeing away from friends and family, having to adjust culturaly (in my case again), learning a foreign language...All those things are fine at one condition, and that is that i am going to be rewarded for it. Otherwise why not just stay put, work a 9 to 5, be around friends and family etc... so yes $350k is being rewarded, but what is the point if you have to live the same life you would somewhere else on $100k.

And again, i just dont see where the money is going around here, there is nothing special at all about the place (expect schools maybe), there are no beaches, no mountains, mediocre climate, insanely high taxes etc...[/quote]

The problem seems to be that you think you are entitled to more than the market says you are worth.  You don't get $500k/yr as recompense for your "sacrifice," you get it because you bring that $500k in value to people/firms that can afford to pay it.[/quote]

i am not saying i should make more, i am saying an area as lame as this one should cost less ... [/quote]

You sound a little clueless. This area doesn't have a HCOL for some unknown reason despite being "lame." Federal government is here and it's not going anywhere, which is a huge draw for white collar jobs, ranging from those directly in government to multiple industries dependent on it. Wages are high and it drives all costs up. Your HHI buys you much less than what it would elsewhere, so why not move if you have no other attachments to this area? Will you make the same HHI elsewhere? [/quote]

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