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I fall into the T in STEM. I make almost 55K and will have no hope of owning a house before thirty. To be fair I will be thirty in a year, and only started making that kind of money in the last year. I have no savings and most of my income goes to my student loans, rent, and hospital bills. What is hosed up is that if I could get a mortgage it would cost me less per moth than renting. Right now a small two bedroom house (800 square feet) is running 2500 a month or more. The same house would cost me no more than 1800 a month if it was a mortgage payment. I know property taxes would be added to that, but it is still less. If I had 20k in savings I would buy something, but it will take me 5-10 years of savings and no disasters to get enough of a nest egg to purchase something. the prospect of moving isn't very promising either as I would take a huge pay cut moving to another state. So I'll just have to keep renting and hope for the best.
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Jerry Manderbilt posted:Will this state become ungovernable again if the Democrats lose their supermajority? Yes. They potentially already lost it as well. gently caress you Leeland Yee!
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May 1, 2014 22:32
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Shbobdb posted:I'm actually fine not owning, I prefer renting. It's much easier and fits better with my mobile lifestyle. Though my fiancee and I are entertaining the idea of buying a condo. I'm gonna be 32 soon and I'll take that. However, I'm incredibly lucky and through the superpower of being a white male I've managed to spectacularly fail upwards. It's pretty awesome to be me but looking at my friends and other people I know, my experience is very much the outlier. I feel the same way (except for failing upward). I do IT managed services for small businesses, and have had to work pretty hard to get where I am. I know being a white middle class born male doesn't hurt though. My wife gets pretty depressed that we won't be able to own a house for a newborn daughter to grow up in, but I see it more of a sign of the times than a personal failing. My peers, who all have degrees in STEM fields are generally much worse off than I am, and have no hope of starting a family or living the "american dream" anytime in the next 5-10 years. I don't like bitching about my situation when I am in so much better shape than others, but it just feels like I should be further than I am.
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May 1, 2014 22:38
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Bizarro Watt posted:Does anyone know the current status on the high-speed rail project? Going nowhere quickly!  Seriously, It hasn't even passed a planning stage at this point. It won't even start construction until 2018 at best, maybe completed by 2025. My children might get to use it one day.
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May 2, 2014 20:23
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