I live in the Dallas Fort Worth area, and they're just building a bunch of high rent apartments, I don't know how anybody can afford 1,500 a month on a one bedroom.
Houses, they're extremely expensive now. I wanted to buy a car and was surprised to see suvs at 70,000 dollars, when that was the cost of a house not many years ago.
Everything on the grocery store worth anything is $5 dollars and up, even toilet paper has gotten expensive.
Honestly I don't see wages increasing, at my job I've seen a lot of firings and management wanting less people doing more, they did hire a few upper positions that pay well but nothing compared to the number of people working before.
I've I do a search on the job I have on web search sites, the pay they advertise is considerably lower.
I mean I do see new cars on the roads, etc. But have seen a decline in dine in restaurants and surge in fast food.
Me earning 50,000 a year, and paying a mortgage from many years ago at 550 dollars a month, can't see how I would be able to survive now if I didn't have that mortgage and the job I have.
Am I just living in an alternate world, or are things getting harder due to rising costs? I'm very good managing money so I'm not in desperate situation, but I feel the pinch, I can't imagine like I said, if earned less and had to pay so much rent, and housing costs are so high now.
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