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Old 02-16-2022, 12:36 AM   #832 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Isaac Zachary View Post
What I wish I knew is if I could make $15, $20, $25 or more in a place with more affordable housing. It allways seems that wages and housing go together. What I do for work may get me just $10 an hour somewhere else. So even if the housing is half the price it is here, the wages could be even less.

Doing some math, because my Dad never made much money either. The $7 an hour he made back in 1990 is about $15 an hour when adjusted for inflation. (Single income. Mom did not work) But the house mortgage he got at that time was $175 per month, or just under $400 per month when ajusted for inflation.

Where can I make $15 an hour and have a mortgage for $400?
Saginaw, Michigan.

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