"I walk. I talk. I shop, I sneeze, I'm gonna be a fireman when the floods roll back." ("Restless")

[hermionesviolin]

Weather reports are predicting highs in the mid-90s tomorrow and Wednesday, so my plan is to basically live in the library (which, unlike my house, is air-conditioned), finally read LOTR or something, though perhaps on Wednesday i’ll go to visit my grandmother (whose apartment is also air-conditioned

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[octette]

well, i am in publishing, and almost a real editor, and i live in one of the most expensive cities in the country (i believe boston is #1 and nyc is #2, although nyc could be #3; i never paid attention), and i make $25,600.00 -- except not really because after taxes it's more like $11/hr, not $17. i have a pretty nice apartment, and i never go hungry, and i always have enough money left over to buy shoes.

Money stuff.

[saava]

My mom managed to raise three kids on about $21k a year (plus some help from her parents) and almost no child support. We were pretty broke, but she managed. So from my POV? $30k decent. I have a friend, however, who was raised in a family where his dad worked and made $100k a year, and his mom stayed at home. My friend insisted he wasn't rich. It's all in how you were raised.