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Saturnize
United States2473 Posts
On February 23 2010 03:06 StarN wrote: largely depends on where you live. with property in rates in places like New York I find it would be very hard to support a family of 4 with a 39000$ salary. Then again if you taught in New York you wouldn't be making 39k a year. | ||
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FaCE_1
Canada6183 Posts
Alone, at 39k, I wouldn't be able to live with the house just starting to get pay + the cars (p.s. my house isnt big and I got a really small car  )If the guys have his house pay and his car pay, then 39k is enough. I could do an essay on the cost of living ...oh snap, I'm a templar now :D | ||
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stack
Canada348 Posts
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Comeh
United States18919 Posts
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Hidden_MotiveS
Canada2562 Posts
On February 23 2010 03:44 Chef wrote: Does his wife not work? Maybe he has a lot of kids. Also, he wrote a book on living off $39000 so I assume not. | ||
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ejac
United States1195 Posts
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Jibba
United States22883 Posts
That saidd, I think his situation is possible in a decent city as long as you used a lot of second hand goods and were careful about food. It'd be very difficult though and would take a "team" effort from the family. And good health fortune. | ||
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OhThatDang
United States4685 Posts
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KingKRule
United States84 Posts
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KOFgokuon
United States14904 Posts
On February 23 2010 04:04 stack wrote: can I ask what you guys do for a living? i'm a grad student, i make ~30k a year and live in cambridge ma | ||
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GreEny K
Germany7312 Posts
On February 23 2010 03:20 NonFactor wrote: I live with my parents. -_- go back to lurking On February 23 2010 03:06 Hot_Bid wrote: theres a difference between a guy supporting his family off 39k and you supporting yourself. even living in a really nice city, 39k for a single person is plenty assuming you don't spend a ton of money on luxury items. but for a family, 39k is quite low. Yeah, if youre just out of college and get that as starting you can support yourself quite comfortably. If you worked up to that amount and also need to support a wife and kids then you might be in some trouble. Just because this one teacher did it doesn't mean that others can do it as well, and now with that book coming out and this publicity he wont need to worry about it anymore. | ||
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GreEny K
Germany7312 Posts
On February 23 2010 04:04 stack wrote: can I ask what you guys do for a living? College student and work part time for a law firm in the IT department. Double majoring in Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering. | ||
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BlackJack
United States10574 Posts
1. First thing you should do is supplement your income by writing a book on how to live off $39,000 salary. 2. Avoid buying things you don't need, like stupid books on how to live off $39,000 a year. I really hope that's the first chapter of the book. You open it and it says "Stop spending all your money everytime someone writes a book." Actually it's perfect because if someone is spending money on his book it's actually the exact same person he needs to help. Seriously 39k is probably more than enough to live on. The problem is America's definition of "getting by" is different from most people's definition. The average "poor" family as defined by our government typically has cable television, air conditioning, cell phones, their own car, etc. The reason people have trouble getting by on 40k a year is because our country has a terrible record with saving money. We spend it all on snuggies and shamwows and other useless stuff we don't need. Actually what really costs a lot of money is buying stuff like cell phones and new clothes. You can get a perfectly acceptable pair of pants at a church sale or gargage sale for a buck, no reason to spend $40 for designer jeans that, ironically, are purposefully torn, lol. | ||
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Halfpastnoob
United States191 Posts
On February 23 2010 04:52 BlackJack wrote: Here's how to live off $39,000 salary: 1. First thing you should do is supplement your income by writing a book on how to live off $39,000 salary. 2. Avoid buying things you don't need, like stupid books on how to live off $39,000 a year. I really hope that's the first chapter of the book. You open it and it says "Stop spending all your money everytime someone writes a book." Actually it's perfect because if someone is spending money on his book it's actually the exact same person he needs to help. Seriously 39k is probably more than enough to live on. The problem is America's definition of "getting by" is different from most people's definition. The average "poor" family as defined by our government typically has cable television, air conditioning, cell phones, their own car, etc. The reason people have trouble getting by on 40k a year is because our country has a terrible record with saving money. We spend it all on snuggies and shamwows and other useless stuff we don't need. Actually what really costs a lot of money is buying stuff like cell phones and new clothes. You can get a perfectly acceptable pair of pants at a church sale or gargage sale for a buck, no reason to spend $40 for designer jeans that, ironically, are purposefully torn, lol. QFT. | ||
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BlackJack
United States10574 Posts
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Jibba
United States22883 Posts
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zer0das
United States8519 Posts
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KingKRule
United States84 Posts
On February 23 2010 05:07 BlackJack wrote: Also I watched a documentary, might have been Guiness World Record related, not sure, about the "world's cheapest man." His "job" is going around dumpster diving and scavenging and he makes about 9k a year off that. He has his own house and family. He does things like reuse paper towels by hanging them out to dry and filling up ketchup bottles with small packs of Mcdonalds ketchup. That's the book I want to read. Not some schmuck that makes a book about living on $39k when there are already probably 50 million people that live on less than 39k. Actually, that was ripley's believe it or not Believe it or not. | ||
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University
United States263 Posts
As for the news report, I guess it is a testament to our country's incredible standard of living that we can write a book about the hardships of a 39,000 a year salary. Even if the guy lives in NYC with two kids, it is possible. It's not like anyone is starving. | ||
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University
United States263 Posts
On February 23 2010 04:37 KOFgokuon wrote: i'm a grad student, i make ~30k a year and live in cambridge ma Haha... good place to be a grad student. | ||
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