• quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    19 hours ago

    How crazy expensive is america? One million is like thirty years of minimum wage salary before taxes in Spain. I bet I could manage to retire at 45 with that kind of money.

    • sobchak@programming.dev
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      24 minutes ago

      Highly depends on area. $1 million is about 16 years of the median wage. It can be hard to survive on the median in some cities, but can be OK in rural or extremely economically depressed cities/towns. I don’t think federal minimum wage is enough to survive anywhere without assistance.

    • GiuseppeAndTheYeti@midwest.social
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      14 hours ago

      This person is greatly exaggerating. I bought a house in central Illinois with 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms for $130k

      Also, just having a million dollars is a big step up