A couple making $60k combined can live like kings in America

07-17-2023, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted By Barteh⏩

Not sure how feasible it is in the US but in Europe you can easily just drive to various different countries for a good vacation. You don't need to fly halfway across the continent to have a good vacation.

Dont let the dorks fool you...it can be done in the US too.

07-17-2023, 11:29 AM

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I don't know about that now, but a decade ago before brandons inflation you totally could. I remember buying a house for 200k making like 65k a year and easily having disposable income. The trick is to stay out of consumer and vehicle debt. I have been driving my 05' truck and 13' jeep for 9 years now... both totally paid off. I never worry about bills, and i keep an emergency fund handy for the repairs that come every so often on older vehicles. Its so freaking nice not having a payment in the world. I make 6 figures now and could easily buy a new truck or car if i wanted to like my peers (one dude i work with just bought a 66k dollar silverado fuking LMAO) but i have no desire to. I actually love seeing how many miles i can put on my older vehicles. Its like a badge of honor for me to not be a common pleb with an 800/month car note.

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07-17-2023, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted By SaltyDog920⏩

Does a 200k have electricity and plumbing or are you throwing your **** out of the window to the street below? srs..not sure

For a nominal fee I'll hook you and anyone else up.

07-17-2023, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted By xeron⏩

You’re living in bum fck nowhere rotmaxxing capitol South to make this budget feasible in the first place, you’re gonna need flights. Especially after you knock out Charleston, Savannah, Nashville, and Florida

So now you have to travel well outside the south to get a decent vacation. Put down the drugs.

07-17-2023, 11:31 AM

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brah 60k combined is probably below the poverty line.

07-17-2023, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted By Jms89⏩

I don't know about that now, but a decade ago before brandons inflation you totally could. I remember buying a house for 200k making like 65k a year and easily having disposable income. The trick is to stay out of consumer and vehicle debt. I have been driving my 05' truck and 13' jeep for 9 years now... both totally paid off. I never worry about bills, and i keep an emergency fund handy for the repairs that come every so often on older vehicles. It's so freaking nice not having a payment in the world. I make 6 figures now and could easily buy a new truck or car if i wanted to like my peers (one dude i work with just bought a 66k dollar silverado fuking LMAO) but i have no desire to. I actually love seeing how many miles i can put on my older vehicles. It's like a badge of honor for me to not be a common pleb with an 800/month car note.

Better watch out...driving a 2005 and 2013 vehicle will have people thinking you live in unbearable poverty. LOL.

07-17-2023, 11:32 AM

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Remember boyos never ever marry a materialistic woman

07-17-2023, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted By mchabs⏩

brah 60k combined is probably below the poverty line.

Lines mean nothing to me.

07-17-2023, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted By xeron⏩

You’re living in bum fck nowhere rotmaxxing capitol South to make this budget feasible in the first place, you’re gonna need flights. Especially after you knock out Charleston, Savannah, Nashville, and Florida

I guess we're talking Mississippi, Louisiana etc.? I'm not a big fan of driving more than 10-12 hours for any kind of vacation. If it can't be done in one day I'd rather fly.

07-17-2023, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted By suave2000⏩

Remember boyos never ever marry a materialistic woman

I was just reading this thread thinking that same thing...how many dudes out here are feeling the pressure of consumerism/materialism with a lot of it being related to maintaining a woman.

07-17-2023, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted By bsmit107⏩

the loan they took out to go on vacation this year.

This right here is why broke people are broke. It's not even about the money, it's the mindset. They could be making 100k a year and still be broke. Imagine borrowing money to go on a vacation just fkg LOL.

I make 65k a year and I'm able to invest 1k+ a month.

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07-17-2023, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted By xeron⏩

$60k, 22% taxes, $46.2k

3,850/month after tax

parameter of living in the south, lets say huntsville alabama

$1150/month mortgage average house (https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/3...28479056_zpid/)
$240/month 2012 toyota camry (https://cars.usnews.com/cars-trucks/...ta-camry-11889)
$100/month gas
$70/month car insurance
$120/month family cell plan w/ newest phones
$50/month internet
$833/month "a few big vacations a year" $10k divided by 12 months
$500/month groceries for 2 people
$500/month eating out

$3,493

savings $353/month

what am i missing? is this what you meant by living like a king?

edit: utilities, so maybe $153/month savings less car repairs, house maintenance

10k for vacations?
500 per month for eating out?

You're lowkey proving ops point. Billions of people on earth would consider that life as living like a king.

Roofs over their heads, plenty of food, there's even enough for unecesary entertainment and tech, and some left for savings on top of that.

07-17-2023, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted By suave2000⏩

10k for vacations?
500 per month for eating out?

You're lowkey proving ops point. Billions of people on earth would consider that life as living like a king.

Roofs over their heads, plenty of food, there's even enough for unecesary entertainment and tech, and some left for savings on top of that.

These plebs fell for consumerism/materialism hook line and sinker.

07-17-2023, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted By xeron⏩

Now we’re changing the definition of living like a king comparing ourselves to those in the third world

OP said living like a king to a primarily American audience

Just fckin lol, yah the gay Indian miscers living in their slums in Mumbai can live like a king on $25/month compared to starving kids in Rwanda

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The delusion of made up standards is strong and aggressive with this one.

07-17-2023, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted By N0stradamus⏩

Who the f/ck would want to live in the south with all the astronauts and astro-physicists....????....

The south is the fukking goat boyo

Food there is the best. Whataburger, southern bbq, meat everywhere, publix, and waffle house. Sometimes the waffle house even has some in house entertainment the you can witness firsthand instead of waiting for it to appear on wshh

Sloots there are either southern belles, white trash trailer park types or shaniquas/consuelas.

But the southern belle types clean up real good. Dress nice, makeup, heels, summer dresses. Feminine. Compare that to shtholes like Portland or Toronto where they wear doc martens, bull dyke haircuts and liberal trash tattoos

07-17-2023, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted By outfoxxed⏩

The south is the fukking goat boyo

Food there is the best. Whataburger, southern bbq, meat everywhere, publix, and waffle house. Sometimes the waffle house even has some in house entertainment the you can witness firsthand instead of waiting for it to appear on wshh

Sloots there are either southern belles, white trash trailer park types or shaniquas/consuelas.

But the southern belle types clean up real good. Dress nice, makeup, heels, summer dresses. Feminine. Compare that to shtholes like Portland or Toronto where they wear doc martens, bull dyke haircuts and liberal trash tattoos

LOL -- the south is literally GOAT location on planet earth yet these dorks find reasons to complain. Like I said, I can't fix stupid.

07-17-2023, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted By Shortfuze⏩

Where in the South specifically? I doubt you can get a decent home in a decent neighborhood for $200,000.

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07-17-2023, 12:08 PM

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only thing i ask is those smart enough to come south...leave the way you think things should be behind. we will show you how it should be.

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Originally Posted By xeron⏩

Now we’re changing the definition of living like a king comparing ourselves to those in the third world

OP said living like a king to a primarily American audience

Just fckin lol, yah the gay Indian miscers living in their slums in Mumbai can live like a king on $25/month compared to starving kids in Rwanda

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Hyperconsumerist capitalist ideology has really rotted your brain boyo. And this si coming from someone who happens to be a multimillionare coming from vast generational wealth.

You're deluded son.

07-17-2023, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted By eddiehaskell⏩

Buy a $200k home in the south
smart phones
internet
big tv with unlimited movies/shows on tap
a few vacations per year
modern vehicles 2012+
anything they buy shipped to their doorstep from Amazon

Are you from the future?

I loe e.

07-17-2023, 12:14 PM

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"down south" LOL fuk no

07-17-2023, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted By suave2000⏩

Hyperconsumerist capitalist ideology has really rotted your brain boyo. And this si coming from someone who happens to be a multimillionare coming from vast generational wealth.

Your deluded son.

LOL we have a bingo. Growing up several people in my family had money and they basically did the same stuff as everyone else...even same family vacations everyone had always done since the 50s. Hell, my MLB veteran allstar cousin lives a pretty basic lifestyle outside the nice home...likes to hunt, fish, watch a race.

07-17-2023, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted By Redfish225⏩

Are you from the future?

No but I do hold the world record for time spent online figuring out life lol

07-17-2023, 12:25 PM

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bump for that free eddiehaskell education that has came to the misc

07-17-2023, 12:48 PM

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just ate at chick fila about to go swimming bump

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$60k where i live = living at the bare minimum.

you gotta understand OP, humans are rarely content with the bare minimum

07-17-2023, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted By bicmane102⏩

$60k where i live = living at the bare minimum.

you gotta understand OP, humans are rarely content with the bare minimum

what is minimum? minimum, maximum...all just terms designed out of consumerism/materialism to keep you unfulfilled, wanting more and consuming more.

A couple with a combined income of $60k can live like kings and have far more than minimum needed to survive.

07-17-2023, 01:36 PM

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Make a combined $60k a year.

Buy a $200k house outright.

Pick one.

This guy is delusional, then again he says he lives like a king on $20k a year.

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07-17-2023, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted By bsmit107⏩

I have a friend who's wife just quit her job to take care of their kid and he makes about $60k/year and they are not living like kings....and I live in the south...in a pretty low cost of living area.

-$235k house bought in 2022....when she was working....Their max approval was $235k. just lol....and it's a "fixer upper" that hasnt been touched since 1987.
-$450/month car payment....bought when she was working and they both had to sign to get approved
-They're still paying down the debt from him financing her wedding ring 4 years ago, her boob job from 2 years ago and the loan they took out to go on vacation this year.

They constantly bail or don't agree to plans because they "dont have the money".........I honestly wonder on a weekly basis why we are still friends with them.

Who takes out a loan to go on vacation? LMFAO