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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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[–] ThunderQueen@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

What is "way over average"?

i know people in their late 20s that are buying houses on salties of like 80k-120k. I make like 45ish on average, but people my age are buying houses

[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I make 150K and to buy an affordable home that isn't a teardown, say under 600K, you need a two hour commute from the downtown area. Anything inside an hour of the downtown is more like 800K+ and being bought up by people with family money or 300-400K yearly incomes. someone making 45K in my city needs to live multiple people to a bedroom to afford rent.

But it's all about where you live and the incomes. Where I live 150K income puts you only in the top 20% of households. And I don't have family money backing me like most of my peers in the housing market. Most of my friends got 100-200K gifts from family to buy their homes.

[–] SunshineJogger@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

53% above average of my country.

Buying a house without signing up for a lifetime crippling dept is plain impossible in large cities.

To get into a cost range where my wife (same salary) and I feel comfortable to take on a loan requires us to move roughly one or two hours train travel out into the countryside.

[–] ThunderQueen@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Yeah, the debt is kind of just a given these days. My friends that have houses have 30 year mortgages. I personally prefer renting because i have pretty severe wander lust and hop around every few years