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@apmichael Eh this still seems quite high (or at least far above what is necessary to be “comfortable). That comes out to $3300/month on rent and over $2700/month on food and diapers. As a household of 4 myself, we pay about half of that in rent ($1750) and about 1/3 of that on food ($900), and...

@wanderinghopelessly So I’ll try to take this line by line as best I can. Yes this is about what my take home pay is. This is where we get in a bit of trouble with our subjective definitions of the term “comfortable.” I didn’t realize you meant you needed to own a house to be comfortable...

@wanderinghopelessly The city I live in is one of the 10 largest cities in the country, and our household income is $115k (4 people), and we meet all 5 of those criteria. Yes, the $230k number is VERY far off.

@a83 Our household income is half of that, and even we have over 12 months worth of savings that we can dip into in the event I lose my job (I am the sole income earner). That doesn’t even include our 401k or other retirement accounts. We also have 2 kids on top of that. If you have a...

@machoke47 Industries get replaced by AI / robots and others will emerge because of it. Technology and automation have grown exponentially over the past 150 years, yet there are more jobs today than ever before. My job wouldn’t even exist if not for the automation that occurred in the past.

@merleharlin I live in a city that has several multiples the population of Oklahoma City. Our household income is $115k (4 people) and we are perfectly comfortable. This article is absolutely ridiculous.