Comments by "Classical LP Vault" (@classicallpvault8251) on "IWrocker"
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Keep fooling yourself by thinking that all there's 'more to life than money' isn't directly tied to monetary expenses. Because it is! Health? Eating whole foods rather than junk carbs and frozen minced meat or veggies from a tin can can be pricey depending onm where you live. Building a decent home gym or paying for a gym membership either costs substantial money or requires DIY skills (which cost money to develop unless you learned them during an apprenticeship) + much lower, but non-insignificant expenditures.
Family? Finding a psychologically stable, faithful, and competent husband or wife requires having decent socio-economic status. So does finding a home in a child-friendly neighbourhood. Faith? Not so much tied to money directly because Bibles can be found free of charge quite easily and prayer doesn't cost anything, but in a religious community you'll be expected to donate for the charity work they do or do volunteer work which directly goes at the expense of time you could have done paid work. Unless you're poor, as churches engage in charity work which might very well be a net financial benefit for poor but pro-social people in their community. But even then - their benefitting from community social programs relies on their financial status as poor people and the moment they become economically self-sufficient they will be expected to chip in themselves (which of course is entirely justified).
The fine arts? All require money. Music lessons (or creative writing, painting, whatever) cost >50 euros or dollars an hour. Musical instruments or materials for visual arts or writing all cost money although it's a massive difference between a grand piano or a nice set of pencils, crayons, watercolour ink and paper, but it's all tied to money. Even a mundane hobby like playing video games or watching films costs money.
Screw that. Everything which is economically scarce or tied to something which is economically scarce has a monetary component to it.
The only things which are free are rainwater and oxygen.
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@kenbrown2808 That's a gross oversimplification. Long-haul Lorry drivers, for instance working for Wal-Mart, can earn up to 110k a year. That leaves plenty of time to take off of work and still earn a wage that allows comfortable living outside of the big cities. Plumbers, electricians, and longshoremen also regularly earn very comfortable wages for menial, but trained, jobs, or, in case of craftsmen, rake in large amounts of cash if they start for their own and hire extra hands on a per-project basis. (the same applies to Europe by the way, craftsmen are in short supply and there's plenty of high income career options for working-class people if you're willing to dirty your hands instead of sitting on your fat arse all day behind a callcentre desk)
Also, relative to income, some places in the US offer both good economic opportunities AND low cost of living.
Do you know how much normal single family homes in new developments outside of Houston, typically cost? Between 140 and 200k. If you work as a lorry driver for Wal-Mart for 3 years while living with your parents you can buy a home like that and only have to mortgage it partially and have plenty of savings. Assuming you're starting while in your late teens or early 20s you'll be in a position to settle down and start a family without any problems before you're 25. The only downside: you'll have to drive 10-15 minutes to a supermarket instead of walk to one in 5 minutes. But hey, car tax and gas are relatively cheap in Texas as well. And these communities are far from crime-ridden inner cities and offer a safe environment for chilren to grow up in.
It's people living in big, dilapidated cities on the East and West coasts while flipping burgers, or even middle income people with skilled jobs, that are screwed. Many places in the US are thriving economically and affordable to live in.
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