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Originally Posted by revots33
Yes and property taxes on a starter home in NJ can easily be $10k+ per year (depending on the town), which is almost like a second mortgage payment. There is simply no way a family with children making $120k each is upper middle class in the suburban NYC/NJ real estate market. They could obviously make ends meet but they couldn't live in a UMC suburb. They are solidly middle class and will live in middle class suburb.
lol. Once again, living in the NYC/NJ area is not some cross you have to bear, and it doesn't make your life worse. Someone living in *gasp* an apartment in the NYC area will have better access to superior entertainment and dining options, more dynamic career options, and better opportunities for their children than someone living in a house in East Bumble****, KY, even if they have the same take home pay. Dare I say, people in NYC are generally in better life situations than those in East Bumble****, KY, even if houses in East Bumble****, KY cost less money. There's a reason why they cost less money!
If you prefer to own a big house rather than enjoy NYC's unique metropolitan opportunities, then **** bro, go buy a house somewhere else and get a job there. Oh, all the best job opportunities in your chosen profession are all centered in NYC? It just so happens that there's a reason for that! Go work as a coal miner in KY if you'd rather. Choosing your life's work to be in your favorite profession is also something that may cost you. But don't complain about how bad you have it when you get to live in a place that a whole lot of people think is a way more awesome place to live than anywhere else in the country.