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Anon needs a job (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 15 hours ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] RamenJunkie@midwest.social 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

Here is the thing they really shouldnrealize though.

Most smallncities are close enough to large cities. Especially for how much of theb"exciting stuff" you end up actually doing. And you get a massive sabings in Cost of Living.

Like I am in the middle of Illinois. My COL is superlow. If I want to go to a concert, I can easily hit Chicago, St Louis, or Indianapolis in a 3 hour drive, get a hotel if I need to, and still be out ahead because my rent/mortgage isn't some rediculous 2000/month+.

Also, at the risk of sounding like some.boomer, I feel like too many young people have overly huge expectations on jobs. They come out of college thinking they are going to land a 100k/year+ job instantly. Like, hey, you are probably going to have to start with that 30k/ywar job. Sorry, that is life.

[–] oatscoop@midwest.social 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

30k/year job.

That's what I did, but a good small starter home was $100k -- I bought one for under $50k and fixed it up. A nice used car was $5k.

$30k is poverty wages in most places these days.