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WCDT Strips 3821-3825 (3-7 September 2018)

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sitnspin:
I thought maybe that was the case, after I posted. It's been a long time and I have never reread that particular period of the comic.

specter177:

--- Quote from: Momoka on 09 Sep 2018, 00:52 ---<snip>
A 2-bedroom apartment in Northampton is around $1500/mo on Zillow (living in Boston, I find this number suspect, but I guess some places allow people to actually live), and he's got a roommate, so Martin's share is $750 or so, leaving him $1010 a month. Around $300 of this goes to groceries, leaving him with $710. <snip>

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Less than that, remember Clair is paying her share now, and it's possible Bubbles might be paying an equal share too.

Zebediah:

--- Quote from: Momoka on 09 Sep 2018, 00:52 ---A 2-bedroom apartment in Northampton is around $1500/mo on Zillow (living in Boston, I find this number suspect, but I guess some places allow people to actually live)

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Having lived in both the Boston suburbs (Arlington) and in Northampton, I can verify that housing costs in Northampton are significantly lower. And Northampton is expensive by western Massachusetts standards.

cesium133:
When I was looking for jobs earlier this year, one of the jobs I applied for was in the suburbs of Boston, and when I looked up the cost of rent there I was pretty horrified. I'd have been getting paid very well at that job if I had gotten it, but the rent would still be very substantial... Instead I ended up in the suburbs of Chicago.  :psyduck:

Momoka:

--- Quote from: Cornelius on 09 Sep 2018, 01:02 ---I seem to remember a 30% raise?

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In that case, Martin would be making $14.30/hr, or $2,288 a month, and his living situation goes from "dire" to "actually quite comfortable". Bubbles taking on a third of the rent helps a lot here as well. Martin has probably never asked Claire to pay any rent, both because he is Martin and because she's a full-time student.

It also means Martin should be more afraid of the board member not being around anymore than anything else, because then he's underqualified AND overpaid for his position.

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