I'm in the same area and I literally would cry if I could find a one room shack to buy. I don't even want kids, I don't have a girlfriend/wife. I can't even have a place of my own for one person let alone 5 kids...
No I don't want random roommates for the rest of my life and I want a house so I can dream of retirement.
I went to school for a job that I worked 70 hrs a week at and still never got past $52k a year in the North Jersey/NY area. I just want to make enough to make ends meet and have a little leftover in savings, I don't even need it to be to the extent of the meme
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