Quote: (05-19-2015 01:08 PM)iknowexactly Wrote:
I don't think choices like that occur in a vacuum, for instance, does the 150K job increase your chances of getting a 300K job later, which even in NY would get you into an incredible lifestyle with a top apartment, opera attendance with models, weekends in the Hamptons/ Vermont.....
Does the 60K location independence reduce your chances of later getting the 150K job in NY.
150K in NY with city, state and fed taxes taken out will only be something like 85? 90? and a really nice apartment is at least 3K (36) so people who have lived there can comment on that.
Ummm...not quite. A 300k a year job pre tax does not equal a top apartment + opera with models + weekends in the Hamptons. Double that at least, and more like triple.
If you saved nothing at all, and had no debts to pay off, you might do a low rent version of the above on 300k pre tax. But 300k pre tax is by no means living large in NYC.
A good apartment alone will be 5k a month or more.
If you cut corners, and spent every penny you earned, you might give off the appearance of wealth at 300k/year, but you would be going into debt and not getting ahead.
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