Are these reported gains/rise in the US economy finding their way to the average American worker
@Dove?
Or is it just media hype?
What's your take where you live?
Rising costs fuck it up pretty good. People are struggling.
WE do pretty good BUT my husband works in the medical feild. So our income went up quite a bit and he has gotten a few retention bonuses.
His job is kissing his ass like never before lol
But you still live in that trailer?
Uh yeah, Joe. We are renovating it lol.
We didnt decide to do this because we HAD to. We could have scrapped it.
My mother had already impulse bought it and it would have been sad to scrap it. So when our last lease was finished, instead of resigning or looking for a place to rent with an added area for her....we decided to renovate this place and either sell it or move it onto property.
Why continue to rent or enter into a mortgage when we can chill here and have fun fixing this place up? It's a win no matter what.
I'm not some overly material or snooty person that looks down on mobile homes or even people who HAVE to live in them. This was a much better decision all around.
Just because we could afford to spend (much) more (our living expenses are impressively low....its fucking awesome).... doesnt mean we should.
We just have much more money to save or have fun with this way.
I've always loved the tiny house thing or the bus conversations. So getting my hands on this old trailor was right up my ally.
I should start a thread about this and document it all. So far we have done too much. We have just been getting bigger things replaced like plumbing and electric and I dry walled the back bedroom lol. Its gonna get really real here soon because the electric will be all rewired soon.
It's been pretty hectic taking care of mom and my husband working a few hours away so it hasnt been going as fast as I'd like it to. We need to get our camper over here too for when we gut the bathroom and kitchen.