RE: I could sock away 50k every year if I made that money.
I gather you don’t live in NYC, San Francisco or Chicago...
Nope : )
My uncle who lived in Minnesota moved from the Minneapolis area to Rochester to a farm. He worked at IDS Investors Diversified Service — now Ameriprise Financial at the time and made 6 figures back in the 1970’s. He would rather drive the 90 miles to the city just so he could live on the farm.
I live in the Los Angeles area about 30 miles north. Still too expensive but I could save the 50k (maybe less) if I had no wife working.