Not long ago $1000 a month would have been a mortgage payment not a car payment.
That’s about 1 1/2 mortgage payments for me.
Mortgage up here was 1200.00 per month for a 150,000.00 dollar 3000 Sq ft house in 1989. 4 bedroom. Paid that mortgage off 12 years ago. Only taxes since then. New roof, new garage doors, outside painting for maintenance costs.
My mortgage is under $1000 a month.
We had to sell our bigger home during the last recession when we moved to a new state. We started over again and bought a very modest home.
The kids all moved out so the house is a great size now.