Yes, it does.

Living an extravagent lifestyle is a choice, but is only doable after basic costs of living are met. If costs of living are higher, less funds are available to live an extravagent lifestyle.

What the hell else are you arguing?


And your last two sentences directly contradict each other.

 

cost of living drives lifestyle, as RB and brett have already covered.

 

correct, but do you not choose where to live your life? in most regards, you do.

 

not if you're an idiot... there are plenty of people that live lives they cannot afford, and get it away with it.

edit: and one has relative control over the cost of living, based on where they choose to live.

 

it sucks only those under 75k in income get them! bastards!

 

this argument has gone nowhere, i dont even know what point you're trying to make anymore.

i will say it again - $100k isnt shit in the silicon valley.

thank you and have a good day.

 

the problem was quoting you directly. it wasn't targeted towards specifically your statement.

stop hating. what'd i ever do to you...

h:

 

$100k/year in most major california cities aint shit. you're not broke. you're just not making "a lot".

have u ever lived on your own for a long period of time samson?? $100k/year salary comes out to just barely over $8k/month. thats $4k every two weeks. get that shit taxed as a single and in that income bracket, you'll get somewhere in the $2600/paycheck range. thats NET INCOME. so basically in one month, you bring home in your bank account about $5200 give or take a couple hundred depending on your other deductions. still sounds like a lot of money to you? then you havent made that much and lived by yourself in a major city yet. rent alone for an average 1 bedroom apartment will cost you about $1300/month. more if youre in a new and/or developing metropolitan place like downtown. u think eating food is cheap? grocery shoppin and/or eating out will still come out to around $800/month. thats one paycheck gone out the door immediately. car payments? car insurance? electricty/water/gas/trash bills? phone? cable? car gas? savings acct? laundry/dry cleaning? bathroom/kitchen supplies? how about furnishing the place? even if it means buying a cheap couch and coffee table. EVERYTHING, and i mean EVERYFUCKINGTHING costs something once you move out and live on your own.

dont get me wrong, with $5k/month NET, a person can still live more or less "comfortably" here in cali, but nowhere near are they close to being even considered rich. you keep stating that you dont mention "family" in your statements. good. cuz if you do plan on having a family and your family income is $100k/year, you better either learn to cut corners and use door mats as rugs, or move out 1-2hrs away from any major cities, or just move the fuck out of california.

 

who said rich? hahaha

my point is, $100k for someone single is *plenty* of money, as you said.. to live "comfortably." if you can't, then you're doing something wrong.

 

whats "plenty" of money to you mean??? u know what, this is just something youre not going to fucking understand unless you actually make that much and live it. lets see how much money is left over each month. does plenty of money mean it covers your expenses and break even? does it mean you have more than $100 every month? does it mean you have more than a $1000 every month?

people like you who live in california and still say $100k is "plenty" of money need to make that money AND live on their fucking own first. and living way the fuck out in riverside or some other buttfuckboonie 909 area doesnt count. cuz there, even $30k is a lot of money for trailer trash.