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Originally posted by livi
Man, you do make a lot of money in the US. I just barely made it into the second from the top. I am poor. I need a hug.. 
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The cost of living is very high in some parts of the US. In the SF Bay Area, where I recently lived, a family with two kids and $100K/yr of income who wants to live a middle-class existence - live in a safe neighborhood, buy a home, old 911 in the garage, occasional vacations - is feeling very pinched. They basically cannot do it unless they bought the house 10 years ago.