Millennials are the only group of people who live above their means and complain about not having enough money.
$100K is an amazing salary in most cities around the country. Stop traveling every 4 months, stop buying new cars, and stop trying to live in luxury apartments and you will be just fine. Live within your gahdamn means. IG and the internet has really convinced people that $100K really isn't that much money. Literally less than 10% of people make that.
This type of shyt is founded squarely on guzzling down half baked, passed around internet arguments...
The cost of daycare alone out here is more than most of people even acknowledge. The problem is the discussion intentionally dodges talking about the difference between struggling to survive and acknowledging the rug pull once you finally beyond treading water. That is a *massive* gap. You can either choose to finger wag the people openly hanging out on the extremes or stay constructive/receptive.
And fr the financial literacy dialogue is fukking garbage top to bottom. Between working 100+ hours to keep the lights on and getting to a point of trying to plan a retirement, there's a hell of a lot more to talk about than skipping on the avocado toast and taking a few less vacations. The people still stuck on the grind out here don't even take vacation out of fear they'll lose out on the next opportunity to stay above their peers and coworkers. If you've had your head down since you came up - the hustle never stopped.
what does that have to do with cost
you just sound incompatible with DC / haven't found your niche/tribe
or maybe you sound like you don't know why those would be contributing factors that will never have brakes put to them - and want to rush to the quickest answer/label someone combo because you didn't get the immediate answer you wanted. why be like that
If this is one of the main hubs for a particular subset of jobs and there's no balances in place to make sure that the cost of living doesn't skyrocket past the entry and mid-level salary range for those fields, then what's going to happen? You have people running for office talking about bike lanes, tree plots, and more ways to clear out the culture that was already here instead of crime, cost controls, and accessibility improvements to keep people around that made the area what it is.
The same things that made the area special are being rapidly eroded because those folks have to leave or retire and don't stay. And the people that are coming in with more spending power than the rest have no issue calling shots at the expense of everyone else.
.. with all the amenities you really don’t have to leave the spot. I have a indoor and outdoor pool with a jacuzzi. Like you said.. get a bottle, some music and some food and the party is your crib
