Subj : Re: New to this
To   : Dmxrob
From : hollowone
Date : Sat May 31 2025 01:30 pm

 Dm> that.  Rents are no different.  Rental prices are $1800+ a month - on
 Dm> places that I very well remember used to be $250 a month.
 Dm> 
 Dm> Telling young people to just "watch their finances" and such isn't the
 Dm> solution.  I know plenty of young folks who work and sleep, spend next to
 Dm> nothing on outside activities, and are still scrimping.  How many jobs
 Dm> should they get to afford to eat and keep the rain off their heads?

When I was younger I used to see that half or my salary was to pay the rents+utilities and media, second half was for living to feed me, provide clothing and entertainment mostly + 1 holiday trip a year.

I remember when I was younger and in my 20s, my salary was something closer to 1500-2000 USD as equivalent and I was just fine although not having much space (maybe something like 40-50sqm) for myself and and then we gf who paid the bills and I paid the rents and we both were financially a bit gainers comparing to previous lives.

Now I pay my juniors about 4k USD as equivalent and rental is also about twice as much in the hoods I remember from my young-pro times. They don't complain.

-h1

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