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Thank you! There is a bit of coastal bubble going on in this conversation.

I made $50K per year when I graduated and bought a house about a year later. $170K for a new house in a nice neighborhood. The total house payment was sub $1000. That's typical when you get out of the big cities on the coast.

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It's not typical for people to make 50k after college these days.

Especially in an area where houses cost $170k

The vast majority of my peers actually do NOT make $50k - and we are all on the East coast, where a house would cost you ~$300k minimum for something that wouldn't require extensive repairs.

Sometimes people need a good kick up their arse to be able to see outside of their bubble.

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