From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Mon May 27 2002 - 19:24:45 MDT
Thanks for the interesting information, James. In Silly-Con
Valley and surrounding locales it is very difficult for a single
adult to live on $25k, much less a family of three! Do you or
does anyone reading this know of a good map of such areas?
Perhaps it is time to reconsider telecommuting. My semi-single
burn-rate in the valley is around $5K/month but $2100 of that
goes to the ex and kids. And that is with renting part of a
house rather than having one of my own.
- samantha
James Rogers wrote:
> On 5/27/02 12:40 PM, "Samantha Atkins" <samantha@objectent.com> wrote:
>
>>Actually, I am pretty sure it is more like 20,000. Which is
>>irrelevant in any case since in many parts of the country it is
>>utterly impossible to support a family of 3 on $25,000.
>>
>
>
> In most parts of the country, it is not a huge burden to support a family of
> 3 on $25k. Don't extrapolate famously expensive locales to the rest of the
> country; living in those places is distorting your perspective. In many
> States and cities in the US, $25k is the average income, and the
> uninteresting suburbs there are filled with people of modest means who are
> doing alright. Sure, you won't live in opulence on $25k, but you don't pay
> any taxes either, and most places where people actually make this much the
> cost of living is a small fraction of what it is elsewhere. I grew up in
> places like that and still frequent those areas, and it isn't "poverty" by a
> long shot. It might be poverty if you are trying to live in Manhattan or
> Silicon Valley, but that is a grossly biased sample.
>
> $15k would be a more valid poverty line for a family of 3 in my opinion.
>
> -James Rogers
> jamesr@best.com
>
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