If you live in a high cost area - there is no amount of salary in order for college grads to live on thweir own.
I always cringe when Rush mocks these people.
I’m ashamed to admit it but I’m stuck living at home. There are no apartments no one rooms I can afford. I go to school and bust my hide at work and I give my parents all the money I can. It’s pathetic I never thought I’d be 23 and still be stuck here.
Considering the idiocy of my peers they should raise the voting age to 30.
Well, here in the Ohio Valley she could buy a nice starter home for around $60,000 or rent a very nice apartment for around $500/month including utilities. Cost of living is very low- I cook a lot and our weekly food budget, including a six-pack or bottle of wine for my husband and I, is $100. This is for food and dry goods for 3 people. Her bill would be much lower, though. Nurses at Trinity are earning a starting salary of $45-50K, depending on what type of nurse you are. They were offering a $5000 signing bonus, but I don’t know if that’s still happening. Wife of friend just got a nursing job in Cleveland- $75K as a research nurse right out of college, $10K signing bonus. She and her husband live in a nice suburb with a lower cost of living than other Cleveland burbs. The friend I wrote about in my previous post was offered a job in LA. The signing bonus was enough for moving expenses & apartment down payment. The increased salary in LA was enough to compensate for cost of living. Don’t know what you’re talking about with cost of living v. salary.