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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here again

wow i didnt think my little rant was going to generate such a long thread.

ok i forgot a few bills, like the gym, salary insurance, life insurance etc.... and also we only started making that much recently, it has not even been a year yet.

a good chunk of our salary also comes in the form of a yearly bonus, so we dont exactly have $7k left over on our checking account once the bills are paid. and what we do have left goes in the house currently.

the word "poor" was supposed to be taken in context of this extremely frivolous town. I just feel like i am doing something wrong when i see all these $2M+ homes and $100K+ car around me.

based on my reading this post it sounds like the DC version of the American Dream is to [b]work a lot, pay a lot of taxes, visit museums, go on hikes, hang out with over-educated snobs who drive cheap cars and have little to show for at the end [/b]... sounds a lot like Europe to me.....

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Yeah, I guess that is the DC version of the dream.  Nothing on your list above sounds particularly bad to me.  Go to museums?  We are so lucky to live in an area with tons of FREE good museums.  Taxes?  Not opposed to paying it since we're going to some of the best public schools in the country, with great public libraries and services.  Go on hikes?  Yes, again.  Hang out with overeducated snobs?  It's not that bad.  Cheap cars?  I respect people who don't care about buying cars to impress other people.  Have little to show for it at the end?  Isn't that the point - you can't take it with you?

Not sure what kind of place would make you happy, OP.  Maybe nowhere?[/quote]

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