phoneymouse@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 9 months agoWhat salary do you think would make you happy?message-squaremessage-square159fedilinkarrow-up195arrow-down17
arrow-up188arrow-down1message-squareWhat salary do you think would make you happy?phoneymouse@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 9 months agomessage-square159fedilink
minus-squareBreadstickNinja@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·8 months ago$140k per year is enough to afford a mortgage on a $500k house. You’d have to make crazy money to buy a house outright on a year’s salary, so nobody evaluates it that way.
minus-squareMeltrax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months ago$500k houses don’t exist in popular cities.
minus-squareBreadstickNinja@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoThat’s why I live way the hell out in the suburbs
$140k per year is enough to afford a mortgage on a $500k house. You’d have to make crazy money to buy a house outright on a year’s salary, so nobody evaluates it that way.
$500k houses don’t exist in popular cities.
That’s why I live way the hell out in the suburbs