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Salary Needed To Buy a Home In The US (reddthat.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sure but if you live in the city, you have to deal with all the city bullshit, and that's not worth the potentially higher pay and vastly higher cost of living. I would never live in an apartment again personally unless my financial situation went to shit and that's all I could afford. City traffic is total ass garbage to deal with, and the crowding of people everywhere, having to wait to get through crowded lines for stuff, the stench of dumpsters in the summer.... all that stuff that I never have to deal with here is the value I prefer.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You and I have vastly different experiences of cities. I grew up in the middle of nowhere in a town of 5,000 and I would never even consider moving back to a rural area, or even a suburb. I own a house in a city that is on the list above, but I’d prefer to have an apartment in nyc. As for traffic, live in the right place and you don’t have to drive. I’ve been car free for years. I recognize that is not an option in a lot of US cities, but it should be. I also don’t really have any issue with crowds and I think the trash problem is very exaggerated.

I’m not saying that cities are better for everyone, but a lot of people genuinely prefer them.