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WCDT Strips 3821-3825 (3-7 September 2018)
dutchrvl:
--- Quote from: cesium133 on 09 Sep 2018, 07:50 ---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:
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Yeah...I had a similar reaction when I was moving for a job on the north shore of Boston....
Having lived for years in a decent 2-BR apartment in a very popular neighborhood of Chicago (lakeview/boystown, about 300 yards from lake Michigan) for about $1600/mth max, I was shocked to see that even far outside of Boston (Salem, Beverly, and further north) $1600/mth really doesn't get you much.
I realized later that Chicago is surprisingly affordable rentwise for the city it is.
dutchrvl:
--- Quote from: Momoka on 09 Sep 2018, 10:05 ---
--- 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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If Marten indeed makes $2288/mth or thereabouts, he should be able to live quite comfortably.
Personally, when I was a grad student with a stipend of $2100/mth (pre-taxes, mind you), I lived by myself with $900/mth rent while also budgetting $150/mth for paying off student debt, and I still lived comfortable enough that I could have 1 reasonable vacation each year. And no, this was on a diet of ramen or anything.
Marten likely pays substantially less rent than $900; now that they at least split rent in 3 (Claire insisted on paying) it's probably closer to $600. Shouldn't be a big problem living rather comfortably in Northampton assuming living costs are equal or more likely lower than in Chicago.
Even if Marten makes the $1760/mth he should be reasonably off at the moment.
Jakk Frost:
--- Quote from: Neko_Ali on 06 Sep 2018, 10:01 ---
--- Quote from: dutchrvl on 06 Sep 2018, 09:53 ---
--- Quote from: Milayna on 06 Sep 2018, 09:50 ---It boggles my mind that Marten has managed to make it to 20-something-adult years old by sewing money into the mattress. I've had a savings account since I was like, 10. My primary savings - and my credit card - are still with the federal credit union I signed up for as a middle school student.
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I suspect this is far more common than you might think.
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Yup. As the saying goes, I always have too much month at the end of the money.
Especially those who are on the lower end economically. For many people it is a literal impossibility to save money in any way. They are not only living paycheck to paycheck, but more like the paycheck runs out part way through. The idea of savings is a luxury that some people simply and literally cannot afford.
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