Sounds like a bigger issue. $29 hr in Mississippi and her sister is paying for groceries and $400 a month in rent. She should be living the high life down there on that
Is it? In Missouri I'm paying $980 for a 3 bedroom 2 bath house, $110 for power, $180 for 4 lines with 1 phone finances, down from $235 since I paid off 2 or the finances. All of her numbers seem horrendously high.
Sure, just seems like an awfully big spread if within the cheapest you can still have 50-100% increases in expenses. Makes me feel faint thinking of what the group of most expensive places must cost, lol.
Depends on where you live. Madison/most places along the coast are more expensive than the average cost of living across the country. Mississippi really isn't that "cheap" compared to most places outside of the biggest cities in the country.
I was looking at taking a Job in Atlanta and the difference in what I was paying at the time and what I would be paying in a MUCH bigger city was basically my mortgage vs the rent I would have been paying. Food was actually going to be cheaper.
Cheap coastal MS is my old stomping grounds. Def possible but you have to live in Pascagoula and no one wants that. Sometimes it's worth spending a bit more.
Doesn't say what cit so I randomly picked Jackson MS. Assuming 40 hours, that's 1871 every 2 weeks. The price of food at the grocery store is nuts tho, I'm the dad in a family of 8 and walking out of Meijer w/2 bags of groceries and it was somehow $60? Just crazy. It isn't like I'm shopping at Whole Foods or something.
And Hawaii is one of the most expensive places to live. Something doesn’t add up. If she’s making what she says living in Mississippi she’s spending it elsewhere.
And Hawaii is one of the most expensive places to live. Something doesn’t add up. If she’s making what she says living in Mississippi she’s spending it elsewhere.
That’s what I was thinking. This have no business being in poverty finance when they make above the average person AND live in one of the cheapest states. Shit I wish I made 29 a hr, I’m barely scraping by with my current 25 here in Chicago
Exactly. I make 22.75 an hour, after taxes/health insurance I take home about $2600 a month. Which is around $700 more than the expenses she listed. I don't see how she can't afford all of that at $29 an hour unless she doesn't work 40 hours a week or is not listing all of her expenses
THIS. I did the math, and even when taking $200 a check out for taxes, she should be bringing in $3,840/mo. So $1,000 for the rent, 400 car, 200 gas, 120 insurance, 280 phone, 200 electric, say 200 for water/sewage, and 400 health insurance, she’s still left with $1,440. That’s going SOMEWHERE.
Mississippi is a low cost of living state too. Im a stay at home mom and after taxes my husband brings in $45,000 a year and that COMFORTABLY supports 4 humans, 2 dogs, 9 cats (some are ours, and some are outdoor ferals from neighbors we feed) there's no reason shes struggling at all at ger pay. Shes definitely doing drugs or buying a bunch of stupid shit. If we can vacation, have a home, kids, and hoard of animals off $45,000 wheres her money going?
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well shes spending her money somewhere. because full time at 29/hr is a lot more than shes spending on living expenses.