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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We earn 250k, live in a 1200sq town house, one car, no cable, limit vacations to day trips, and only have one kid. That's how we do it.[/quote] Goodness. We early about 1/2 of what you do but otherwise, everything else is similar: 1400sq TH, two paid-for cars, no cable, one paid-for vacation for a week at the EAstern Shore, one child, pay for daycare thru the nose, DC will go to parochial school next year). You must have extra $$ floating around. Or maybe you have a lot of debt you are paying off (student loans, other)? [/quote] *earn* not early. gulp.[/quote] We rent in a close-in suburb so housing costs are much higher than we'd like (we moved here during the bubble and it never made sense to us to buy at those prices). All of my salary goes towards childcare and student loans. We save for retirement, college, and emergencies. Most of my friends in our income bracket live similar lifestyles to ours. [/quote]
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