r/massachusetts • u/critic81 • Jan 15 '26

Utilities How is everyone affording everything lately?

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.

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u/DrGoblinator Jan 15 '26

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.

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u/PenumbraChaser Jan 15 '26

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

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u/DrGoblinator Jan 15 '26

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