I live in a mid size city in Texas. A nice home (brand new brick 4 bedroom) here in a good neighborhood with amazing schools costs about $150,000. You can get a degree at the local community college for $5,550 a year and be offered a job after 2 years earning 60-80K straight out of school.
If giving out good advice and offering solutions is cruel and heartless .. then YEP! I am
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