$150k is not necessarily a lot of money in a lot of cities. The article just mentions New York, but typically that would not be enough to buy in most areas even close to NYC
dumblederp@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Headline aside, if you’re on $150k p.a. you should have an ample emergency fund and frankly aim to live below your means while earning that kind of money.
Vodulas@beehaw.org 2 days ago
p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Then don’t live there.
I’m sorry, but I can’t sympathize with normal people with normal salaries that choose to live in the most expensive cities in the world, and then discover that they can’t afford shit, especially when they find themselves out of a job.
Move out, find towns that are affordable, go work for employers that embrace remote work, get a normal salary, and enjoy a low cost-of-living.
It is 2025. The job market is global and remote work is now. If you’re relying on salary to be magically tied to where you live, then you obviously don’t know how capitalism works.
Shadow@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
go work for employers that embrace remote work
Have you not noticed the massive numbers of people being laid off right now in all sorts of industries?
Remote jobs are not easy to find right now. Employers are being very picky, and they can be when they get 100 applicants a day for a position. This is not the easy solution you make it out to be.
octobob@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
There are so so many jobs that are not remote and never can be for a city to function. Trades probably being the biggest ones.
I live in one of the lowest COL cities in the country and work a trade and I don’t ever see myself moving. I grew up here and everything.
But implying that every plumber in NYC that would be in a similar situation as me (who I can assure you do not make anywhere near $150k) can “work remote” is obviously never gonna happen. Not everyone can work a desk job. They have family, homes, lives in the city. Even if you could work remote, do you really want to live in bumfuck Idaho and be miserable?
Powderhorn@beehaw.org 2 days ago
What people should do has historically been at odds with their actual actions.
dumblederp@aussie.zone 2 days ago
True that. Captain hindsight to the rescue.