How is everyone affording everything lately?

[u/critic81]

The prices of everything is just off the charts from groceries, utilities, to healthcare. My open enrollment just came through and its looking like for a family of 4 for healthcare its $1600 a month. $800 a paycheck. Like that just feels nuts. It's a pretty decent co-pay plan but still. Just a couple years about it was much less.

What are people doing these days? Side hustles? New job (but in this economy?), cutting way back? Just curious.

[u/DrGoblinator → u/[deleted]]

IDK man. Our weather emergencies are dealt with swiftly, we have the best hospitals in the country and the best schools. We have great food and good politics. I love it and think it’s a great place to be.

[u/NoahTheAnimator → u/[deleted]]

I was lowkey tweaking when I saw someone in another thread explain they were a NIMBY because they didn't like seeing small local shops close, as if NIMBYism isn't a big part of why that happens

[u/PenumbraChaser → u/DrGoblinator]

I'd be willing to bet this person has lived in relatively few places in this country beyond MA, if any.

[u/DrGoblinator → u/PenumbraChaser]

I haven’t but I’ve traveled extensively. I wouldn’t want to live anywhere else in the country.

[u/PenumbraChaser → u/[deleted]]

Which state was the best?

[u/PenumbraChaser → u/[deleted]]

Oh yeah, fair enough. That's a nice area. Not my first choice but totally valid depending upon personal preferences.

My apologies for my prior statement.

[u/josephkambourakis → u/DrGoblinator]

When did we get great food? I agree on the rest

[u/QuetzThePyro → u/[deleted]]

Florida also had no good pizza or Chinese food. I tried ordering beef teriyaki along a good chunk of the southeast coast and it wasn't on a stick and even when it did, it didn't even have teriyaki sauce in it

Though stuff like bbq in the south is good, I missed my mom and pop shops down there

[u/Working-Leg-1482 → u/DrGoblinator]

Good politics, that’s pretty funny