phoneymouse@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 10 months agoWhat salary do you think would make you happy?message-squaremessage-square183fedilinkarrow-up1101arrow-down17
arrow-up194arrow-down1message-squareWhat salary do you think would make you happy?phoneymouse@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square183fedilink
minus-squareMeltrax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down3·10 months ago$140k won’t buy you a house in almost any even remotely popular city or its suburbs.
minus-squareBreadstickNinja@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·10 months ago$140k per year is enough to afford a mortgage on a $500k house. You’d have to make crazy money to buy a house outright on a year’s salary, so nobody evaluates it that way.
minus-squarefruitycoder@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoIs 500k a house to raise a family in or just a place to stay in?
$140k won’t buy you a house in almost any even remotely popular city or its suburbs.
$140k per year is enough to afford a mortgage on a $500k house. You’d have to make crazy money to buy a house outright on a year’s salary, so nobody evaluates it that way.
Is 500k a house to raise a family in or just a place to stay in?