Posted on 07/05/2006 5:39:20 AM PDT by Hydroshock
If folks can't afford the cost of living there, they should move.
In general, if you've got yourself in the position of having to factor your credit cards, the economy isn't your problem. Your spending habits are.
This article is basically Boo-Hoo Debtor crap.
We thought of that but it hasn't panned out. At our ages, a job hunt is difficult. It's our kids that are struggling to survive. Just pulling up stakes is easier said than done.
It apparently has for most of the anectotal examples in the article.
My response is valid. It's NOT rosey here.
By the way, how many poor people have decks anyways?
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You don't get paid enough, right?
The economy is growing (if not where you are, then at other locations). You won't move. I don't imagine you are eager to pick up new skills (correct me if I'm wrong).
What can change that will help you have a better life?
That's not helpful if you don't have the "werewithall" to do so.
Just a note on civility. I have always viewed it as in poor taste to make fun of others misfortunes. Even when they, themselves are partly or at whole to blame for those misfortunes.
I don't spend $80 a year in dry-cleaning--and the little I do is for my kid's winter coats and the like--go figure I can balance my monthly budget pretty damn well. Wonder if there is a connection.
I'm in Florida and ran into a friend of mine yesterday who is a mortgage broker. We've owned our home for years, so I'm not "up" on what mortgage payments are, but I do know that insurance and taxes are killing people.
He told me the "low end average" of a mortgage payment in our county is $1500-1700 per month (this includes mortgage, taxes and insurance)...I don't know how the young people are affording that, no wonder they're squeezed financially.
I'm quite certain that doesn't apply in this case. [smiling sweetly]
I now see why you put your flame suit on. It wasn't for incoming fire.
My mom and dad paid off their house last year. The insurance and tax bill they have to pay now are more then their total mortgage payment was at the start of the loan. This has to be affecting the economy.
Hey, did you learn all them neat words at East Carolina? Is that Pirate talk, ye scurvy dog?
Arrrrrggggghhhh!!!!
Hubby gets a decent wage. The problem is housing. It's gone bonkers since 9/11. Our kids are a different matter. Jobs aren't plentiful in this area. And to afford housing, both people have to work.
You won't move. I don't imagine you are eager to pick up new skills (correct me if I'm wrong).
You're wrong. We'd move in a heartbeat and job skills are not a problem. We've been trying to move. Even our kids would pull up stakes and follow. The problem is our ages. We got caught in a housing crunch at a very bad time. Hubby works on elevators and you need to be where they are. Job openings are not plentiful. And housing here is at a premium. We'd LOVE to move.
I spend ~ $100 a month on dry cleaning, it is part of some folks' necessities...
The thing that keeps us afloat (no pun intended) in Florida is that as long as you live in your home and don't move, you're taxes are protected from huge increases by Save Our Homes. They can only raise taxes about 3 percent per year. If we were to sell and move into a home of comparable value, our taxes would at least quadruple.
Glad it's not part of mine
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