I went 8 years with out a microwave and four with out a tv in my first place. I guess it was the way I was brought up. And I lived in Redmond, WA right across from microsoft making about 60-70k a year. Crazy
Not at all crazy. Considering the crap they show on TVs - you were and would be much better off without a TV, and that on many levels, financial being only one of them. I used to have a small TV in my grad school years and I gave it away some 13 years ago, and have lived happily ever after without it.