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湾区生活大不易:见识一下双职工年薪十六万的幸福生活 我爱我家
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湾区双职工年薪十六万幸福无房族的生活
$ A+ C& G4 d0 X8 S2 I [作者:AppleRocks 于文学城我爱我家论坛4 P6 _% @4 W* v3 A
工资比上不足比下还行。 两人四十尚不足,三十已有余。一博一硕无小孩。biotech and high tech工作。存款四万多点。* Q" f4 T; [/ L0 H( x' ?; e0 r
养了两辆车,一辆Mazda, 一辆Subaru, 贷款每月$400# C' \, B) z. H9 r8 H+ G
(最怕被人称为Camry, Accord owner,又不富,又不酷)。
$ o, J: \! J- @- l吃:每月超市Safeway/Trade Joe's $400, Whole Food $200); 偶尔永和买些中国调味品,食品什么的,S50; Walgreen/Walmart 日用品$50;也去Costco, $50.1 t c) B! S, @. {
外出就餐 (西餐70%,中餐30%, 中餐的顾虑是味精太多,所以很小心, $200 +$50 (小费给的很足,20-30%)( n | S' K) t1 L$ {
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穿: 正尔八经衣服大部分在Banana Republic/Ann Taylor Loft/Macy买,有时也去Gap买Jeans, T-shirts, casual shirts, cargo pants/shorts. Average &300; Gal/guy cosmetics, $20; Hair cut/dry cleaning/laundry $80.4 \& J4 [* f* H4 n* W
用:Book store, 喜欢去Borders买book/CD/DVD, $100, 也去书源(Soyodo), $50; Gas/public commute ticket. $250; Car/life/Health Insurance/Co-pay $350.
6 q3 a' x/ }" f/ q+ F住:One-bedroom in an APT complex with pool but no gym, rent/utility/phone/internet, $1200,close to downtown.
3 c. i [" S) {. s9 h$ F6 C玩:大约每年五千,算每月$400.
" s! u7 l5 p( g7 V4 sShopping: annual budget for electronics/computer/software/cool gadgets, $5000, 细算了一下可能还不够。 每月就算$400. 为我们都是苹果迷,所以Dell之类的低档货是绝不考虑的,家里有几个iPod, 几台苹果电脑,总价可能超过许多有房族的所有家具电器价格(文学城我爱我家论坛)。
9 |4 e3 X2 H3 C9 rDonation/membership/Journal: $1006 C$ | U% ?2 w+ e' w3 k, t, h
这样下来, 每月at least $4650. 2 H( a% P3 ]/ L8 V
无论老中老外,认为我们过得还算潇洒。( ?2 F( |$ G- B# L( X/ M
再减去401 (maximal) 什么的,每月能攒一两千就不错了。2 A+ K" q. ~1 n! U, I5 N: U
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湾区买房?对我们来说有点渴望不可及了。只好放万把快钱在股市上了,也不知什么时候能翻番变成downpay。
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\" [3 R8 B& N5 C* z" x不过有一点我们很 certain:
; x, l/ ]9 n- U# R6 E, M' y6 _When we look back, we will be happy that we have enjoyed our life while we are still reasonably young.+ g# ^- S o4 k! }5 T( l* ^
We are happy that we are just lucky enough to experience Bay area life. Owning a house or not really is no big deal for us.2 Y0 i7 t, {$ ?/ h) o1 ~) y
1 M# r1 s! P- L8 g2 b当你成为一把老骨头时,守着百万存款大房有何用呢? |
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