Lisa Jones
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John Smith wrote on Mar 24 th, 2022 at 5:16pm: Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Mar 24 th, 2022 at 7:59am: UnSubRocky wrote on Mar 24 th, 2022 at 6:19am: John Smith wrote on Mar 23 rd, 2022 at 4:38pm: UnSubRocky wrote on Mar 23 rd, 2022 at 7:34am: John Smith wrote on Mar 22 nd, 2022 at 7:21pm: I doubt it. 20 years ago a single income paid the mortgage, bills and the shopping. Today you need one wage just for shopping and bills, another for mortgage or rent That is amazing. I spend up to $200 per fortnight on food. I cannot empathise with high rent or mortgages, seeing that my own rent is probably a third of what other people pay. But, if you are in a $50,000 job, you should be able to make enough money to pay the bills, mortgage/rent in modest accommodation and have food and entertainment sufficient to anyone's needs. thats because you buy a lot of processed, pre made and pre packaged crap. as for the rest of your crap, ... it's well, crap. $50k is enough to pay all that in Rocky, but it's not even enough to pay just the rent in Melbourne or Sydney. Well, I must admit that for the previous 6 months (ending in February this year) I was averaging $100 a week in booze and colas per week. Added to the fact that I earn about $400 per week from work and get about $300 per fortnight from Centrelink, even wasting money on booze (and the usual hangover cure from eating a junk food meal), I can still afford to spend $200 per fortnight on groceries and rent. Yes, my rent is cheap. But you should be able to afford rent and food in cities, too, earning $50,000 a year. Are you spending more than $300 a week on rent? everyone in the cities is paying more than 300 a week in rent - in fact prolly more than 600. in fact anyone in australia that isnt in govt housing or some other subsidy scheme is paying more than 450 a week. Spot prices on the gc for a 3 bedroom place starts at at about $600 week rent. If you want something with a little room to move you =need to go over $1000/week Incorrect! A 3 bedroom HOUSE today starts at $750 per week. And you do not have to pay over $1000 per week for something larger. And I'm talking Sydney today in decent suburbs (not the bogan west or Illawarra where the unemployed Abo clueless Frodo has only lived). You don't need to pay over $1000 a week as Bogan Frodo is staying. And Sydney is the most expensive city in Australia for real estate! It's cringeworthy watching the clueless Frodo Nong stumble as he posts absolute rubbish about real estate.
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