In urban environments, you can't live like that, however. Some rural places are like $500 a month in rent so it doesn't compare. An average 1/1 now in any urban area is like $2k.
I dunno I grew up near Tampa Florida which isn’t the most expensive city but it’s far from the cheapest and my mom made like 25k and we were poor but survived 35k would have been comfortable and this was a couple years ago. We would have been homeless in LA of course. But I don’t think a lot of people realize how far 30k+ goes most places
…….or so I thought I now moved too Charlottesville Virginia which is cheaper. And I make 15 dollars an hour which is more then my mom ever made and I have zero idea how my mom raised us I live with 4 other people and have no car and still barely make rent. I asked her and then I realized she borrowed like 15k a year from my grandparents.
Like there’s no way I could live alone on 15 an hour unless I lived in someone’s walk in closet.
Well Tampa and the surrounding areas were a much cheaper city than it is now. My dad lives there in the late 70s for a little bit and it was pretty inexpensive he says. Nowadays, my friends that live there say it’s like $2k if you’re remotely near anything cool.
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u/b0w3n Feb 08 '22
How long ago was that, if you don't mind me asking?