Not ttc related. In the area where you live, could you live

can'tfindausername · June 2009

on a combined income of 125,000 per year?? I know it is a random poll.

shipoopiisforme · June 2009

not in my neighborhood, but possibly in my town. and it would be incredibly tight.

i live in northern nj

madelyn07 · June 2009

Yes, for sure. Alabama (for the most part) is a fairly LCOL area. Auburn is a bit higher than most places (except for Birmingham, Mobile, ect.) but $125,000 can easily be done.

BostonTerrier · June 2009

Yes. We have a combined income over under 100,000. We are both teachers.

RachelG83 · June 2009

Oh definitely! We're WAY under that and we do fine. I'm a teacher and he's a bank teller. We both have PT jobs too but they don't bring much in.

Mrs.T22308 · June 2009

We live on about half of that.... I'd do anything to have a combined income anywhere near that

EmptyOven25 · June 2009

Definitely. Wow, I couldn't even imagine what a combined income of that amount must be like. Sometimes I feel like we're "rolling in the dough" now on our much lower income.

HarleyQ8 · June 2009

We do. We are in a suburb of Atlanta. We could not afford a similar house in the city with that income.

EastCoastGirl* · June 2009

Yes. I am in SE MN in a LCOL area.

We are formerly from northern NJ, and $125K would be pretty tight there though.

smilee · June 2009

Well... since you and I are neighbors... you know that would be tough!

Tarahville · June 2009

We'd be considered rich if we lived on that.

:::day dreams of the day that might happen::::

yodasmistress · June 2009

Yeah. Easily. I currently make $60K/yr and my DH is getting @ $20K/yr in disability. We live in a 5 bedroom, 2.5 bathroom house on an acre of land, 10 minutes outside downtown Cincinnati.

jlcrane78 · June 2009

Tarahville:
We'd be considered rich if we lived on that.

:::day dreams of the day that might happen::::

Ditto this. We live on about 40% of that and are quite comfortable here in Spokane.

BeccaLandes · June 2009

Definitely. When we were first married, our family income was half that. And when I say family, I mean my husband's, since I have been in school the entire duration of our relationship!

LCB34 · June 2009

You could live on that income in the suburbs of Houston. However, you could not own a home and live comfortably in the area that DH and I live. We own a home just outside of downtown.

Shelley-Bean · June 2009

We make about that in RI, and we're comfortable. If we made that in Ga, where we used to live, we'd be rich!

shipoopiisforme · June 2009

this poll really makes me want to move.

Tryingtogetpregnant · June 2009

Yep....it would be very easy to live on that in KC - many of our friends live on much less than $125k.

If we EVER get pg and have a baby, then I will quit and we will make less than that and be just fine.

That is one huge perk of midwest living!!!!!!!!

stepgirl21 · June 2009

Yes. You could not live extravagantly but you could manage.

kimarino13 · June 2009

Um, I guess so. ?Home prices are still high in my area, though.

can'tfindausername · June 2009

to answer my own poll, it could be done in my area but would be pretty tight.

Dr.Loretta · June 2009

Easily

Mainer-in-Texas · June 2009

Yes. And we have budgeted to do it on significantly less once we have a child (and I quit working).

meganneier · June 2009

BostonTerrier:
Yes. We have a combined income over under 100,000. We are both teachers.

Ditto

EMTTessie · June 2009

You might be able to, it all depends on what house you live in. Just two blocks away there are houses that have been for sale for at least a million dollars. Once you get anywhere close to the Hudson...pfft! Forget it! Hubby and I are really lucky (in a way) that we live with his father and only have to pay rent and not a full morgage payment!

Mrs.AmandaMqn · June 2009

I live in central Arkansas and that is a big sum for the area. Very easily live off 125,000 a year. We grew up in the Houston area and it would be doable there too.

fallbride110406 · June 2009

We're pretty solidly middle class, own our home, both drive new cars, have zero credit card debt, and make half of that. And we live in a nicer area. With the Capital One loan, things are tighter than we'd like, but we still live, go out to eat maybe 2-3 times a month, buy things we want, etc.

jastl32 · June 2009

Yes, easily. DH is in school and hasn't worked since September, so it's just me for now. Not only have we been fine, we've managed to save money every month as well.

We've lived on less than that when we lived in St. Louis as well. Having said that, I think St. Louis is a relatively inexpensive city to live in.

ginger67 · June 2009

Seriously? Easily.

MrsAMR · June 2009

Could we? Possibly.

Do we? No.

Would we want to? Absolutely not.

laure1122 · June 2009

We live in North Jersey which is a rather expensive part of the nation. We live comfortably on that amount. I think the problem with your question is what do people consider "comfortable?" In North Jersey, that means having a 5 bedroom house, 3 car garage, 2 bmws and eating out 4 times a week. People here are spoiled.

We have a nice house, a couple of Toyotas, take a week vacation every year and eat out once a month. We are comfortable.