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Jan 14 2015 02:13pm
Quote (Mastersam93 @ Jan 14 2015 03:08pm)
I live in montgomery county and I couldn't find a 1 bedroom for under $1,200, and car insurance for my $2800 car was $200/month.  I guess OP doesn't know about how cost of living changes in different areas.


He makes a habit of thinking his circumstances translate for everyone in this state and tries to generalize things for everyone else. I live in baltimore county, none of those numbers are realistically possible anywhere here. Even when I lived in the city, finding that was still difficult. He did the same thing when he made a thread about going to college was "economically feasible" Also, can't really give much stock to someone that has praised o'malley.

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Jan 14 2015 02:14pm
Anecdotel evidence = best evidence

I also like how op insinuates that supplying the middle class with the bare minimum they need to survive is what society should be striving for.

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Jan 14 2015 02:19pm
Quote (RiskOfFire @ Jan 14 2015 03:14pm)
Anecdotel evidence = best evidence

I also like how op insinuates that supplying the middle class with he bare minimum they need to survive is what society should be striving for.


Thing is, he didn't even describe the middle class, he gave generalized and unrealistic numbers for the lower class.
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Jan 14 2015 02:20pm
Quote (Arsenic_Touch @ Jan 14 2015 03:13pm)
He makes a habit of thinking his circumstances translate for everyone in this state and tries to generalize things for everyone else. I live in baltimore county, none of those numbers are realistically possible anywhere here. Even when I lived in the city, finding that was still difficult. He did the same thing when he made a thread about going to college was "economically feasible" Also, can't really give much stock to someone that has praised o'malley.


My mother-in-law keeps talking favorably about O'Malley....what can I use as ammo against her? I think it is a more anti-Clinton knee-jerk reaction.

Personally I think Bernie Sanders is the man when it comes to presidential candidates.
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Jan 14 2015 02:26pm
Quote (thesnipa @ Jan 14 2015 12:50pm)
Anyone claiming they cant live on 35K a year in moderate comfort is spending too much. If you make 35k a year dont have kids, its called responsibility.

And yet i hear people all the time saying "i cant feed my kids on 30k a year!" Well im sorry you fucked your own life down the drain but your employer is not required to financially back your poor decisions.

The same goes for anyone living beyond their means in any sense, new car loan, mortgage, expensive hobbies, eating out 4-5 nights a week. Doesnt matter what it is the problem with the disappearing middle class has just as much to do with an entire generation of poor money managers as it does with a lack of living wage increase.


my family got by on 19k per year when we moved over to canada back in the early 90s

only difference between then and now is housing prices are insane @_@
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Jan 14 2015 02:32pm
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My mother-in-law keeps talking favorably about O'Malley....what can I use as ammo against her?  I think it is a more anti-Clinton knee-jerk reaction.

Personally I think Bernie Sanders is the man when it comes to presidential candidates.



Doesn't it really say something that it's 2015 and no one has one good strong candidate that they are pushing to the front. It's all "well I heard this guy is ok" I'd hate to think that we're going to have to settle no matter which side we get ...Right or left a strong figure is always good for the nation I just haven't seen one

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Jan 14 2015 02:34pm
Quote (Arsenic_Touch @ Jan 14 2015 03:13pm)
He makes a habit of thinking his circumstances translate for everyone in this state and tries to generalize things for everyone else. I live in baltimore county, none of those numbers are realistically possible anywhere here. Even when I lived in the city, finding that was still difficult. He did the same thing when he made a thread about going to college was "economically feasible" Also, can't really give much stock to someone that has praised o'malley.


Move to ellicott city
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Jan 14 2015 02:46pm
Quote (BardOfXiix @ Jan 14 2015 02:04pm)
How long ago did you get your last job?  42k used to go a lot further than it does today.


42k can live pretty well in Missouri. Very low cost of living.
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Jan 14 2015 02:50pm
Quote (Thor123422 @ Jan 14 2015 01:46pm)
42k can live pretty well in Missouri.  Very low cost of living.


Fair point.
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Jan 14 2015 03:05pm
Quote (Arsenic_Touch @ Jan 14 2015 03:03pm)
Looks like your inaccurate generalized college numbers that are once again leaving out things you have to pay for. And try to fit everything to a non realistic bubble.

60 bucks for internet average tier internet, cable with most channels and phone in maryland? ...HAHA. There's no way in hell you're paying that little.
I've shopped around for years in this state, those numbers are just not possible with what you claim.
1k for a 1 bedroom apartment? what fantasy land is this?


call Comcast.... i'll take a pic of my bill lol. it's $59 + bullshit fees, so like $62.07

and yeah 1k for a 1 bedroom. A bunch of my co-workers in my Rockville, MD office live in Germantown, MD or up in Frederick, MD. Some may commute an hour each way, but hey it's Maryland. In the Midwest and the rest of the country, $1k for an apartment is overpay.

Quote (Mastersam93 @ Jan 14 2015 02:48pm)
I didn't realize that just scraping by meant you were middle class.

/e and were I live a young college graduate isn't getting car insurance for less than $175


This is what is such bullshit. I am a young college graduate and I've had 1 at-fault accident and my car insurance is $493 semi annual.

how is $300 in loose cash each month barely scraping by? It's called, make it work for a year, get yourself a raise, then you'll have $400 a month in loose cash, then $500 a month, then $1000 a month when you get a promotion and start making $50k a year. Just be frugal.

Quote (Mastersam93 @ Jan 14 2015 03:08pm)
I live in montgomery county and I couldn't find a 1 bedroom for under $1,200, and car insurance for my $2800 car was $200/month.  I guess OP doesn't know about how cost of living changes in different areas.


I live in Moco myself m8 and I pay a fuck ton, but if I moved to Germantown, Damascus, or Montgomery Village it'd be easy living.

This post was edited by AspenSniper on Jan 14 2015 03:08pm
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