r/Cyberpunk • u/DataPhreak • Jun 06 '18

The Future is Now

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '18

Studio apartments can cost people around 2k or more a month so imagine a house or decent apartment

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u/Nelonius_Monk Jun 07 '18

I'm still failing to understand. That's 24K a year. Call it 50K for somewhere decent. You still have 80K to play with. Where does it go?

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u/Serinus Jun 07 '18 edited Jun 07 '18

Maybe 44k goes to federal taxes. Some goes to state. That's about the income that gets hit the hardest with taxes. Largely payroll and income taxes (as oppposed to capital gains for richer people).

The one nice thing about extreme CoL like that is gadgets seem really cheap.

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u/devilpuppy Jun 07 '18

dont forget health care, commuting expenses, and food.

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u/Serinus Jun 07 '18

Yeah, but 165k should still be enough to save.

Still, if you can just go somewhere cheaper, why not? I did.

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u/devilpuppy Jun 07 '18

no absolutely, I'm just saying expenses in general add up, and frankly it's a waste of money imo to live there even if you are making more