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• Whirling_Cloudburst@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Can you even buy a house with $40 an hour today?

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  • arrow74@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Outside of all the major metropolitan areas, yes. I managed to get a house a few years back at $22 an hour. It’s small and a townhouse, but it’s mine.

    I did the math to afford that home today taking into account increased value and interest rates it would take $30 an hour. It’s only been 5 years.

    Even after a promotion and raises I still don’t make $30 an hour.

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  • lka1988@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Lmao no, I make fucking $50/hr and can’t afford a house at the current prices.

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    • baines@lemmy.cafe ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      varies by state

      low cost area you could

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      • SpaghettiMaster@feddit.uk ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I was thinking that. Its way above the minimum wage in the UK and we bought a house a few years ago on that just fine.

        Not even that low cost of an area really, just cheaper than around London. Move away from the big cities and its much more affordable. Why would you want to live in a big city anyway with the higher air pollution? Not getting a car also helped save a lot of money, cycle everywhere instead.

        “I need to live in London because of the jobs!” - You stack shelves in Tesco, that isn’t a job worth living in London for.

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  • DangerNooble@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    No but I bet you could buy the material and you’d already have the skill

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    • lka1988@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      You need the land first. That’s the expensive part.

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