• KevonLooney@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      $400K isn’t “wealthy” by any calculation. It’s not nothing, but it’s not enough to live on. Unless your expenses are like $16K per year.

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        1 year ago

        Give me 400k right now and I’ll buy a house and live forever on fuck all because I’m safe and secure in my own home. That means so much, owning your home is wealth.

      • snippyfulcrum@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Kentucky is also a fairly low cost of living state which is something to factor in too.

        My husband and I combined make waaaaaaay the hell less than 400k a year and we aren’t rich but I’d say we live fairly comfortably here.

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        1 year ago

        so, like, the median income in Germany?

        Edit: I said that based on this. I think the Wikipedia link is about wages specifically (e.g. it counts only full-time employees), not about income in general?