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>Avg cost is 440k

Depends on where you are looking

>Combined income is 70k

Depends on where you work

>35% income to rent

Again, depends on where you live

>Both parents working 2 jobs

A bit of an exaggeration, but yeah, usually both parents have to work now. This is a major problem. It shouldn't be this way, ever.

>Avg student debt 29,400

OK, everyone hates the fact that school after school costs money. It's a fucking sham, as colleges aren't supposed to be businesses, but they are, and that's how it's always been. Having said that, people that didn't want to take out exorbitant loans to pay for school simply didn't. Everyone skipped over trades to go CS or Social Services. This is called market saturation. When you passed by all the hallways in the fields of pharmacology/medicine, physics, robotics, law, and business, and saw how few students were in there, that should have been a clue. None of what we do outside of these fields matters much when there isn't a base economy to drive it.

There's always a risk/reward scenario, and people that take out 30k to get a degree in "Women's Perspective Historical Studies of Zoology" don't have a market worth. CS degrees are increasingly competitive, and there aren't enough Pharmacists still. Guess which of these 2 had (and still have) fewer enrollments? Guess which was forecast by experts to be growing and demanding fields? Guess which career field you can literally work anywhere you want because remote work in IT is still sparse when in all actuality, it shouldn't be?

A pharmacist might cap out near 115k, but they get there quickly, can work from WalMart, and literally move to any place they like. Nurses do exceptionally well (50k starting out), and same thing with them; just pick up and move where you want.

The rest of this person's post is a bit of a rant at someone else "causing their problems", which in certain areas is true. However, thinking inside of a box (I have to live where I grew up! - or I must get a degree in "Culturally Significant Free-Knit Bowling") isn't going to get you anywhere. It's outside-the-box thinking that gets you what you want. It might not always be where you want it, but you have to be open to change.

Literally sit at a computer and do some research. Look for areas that haven't exploded with strip malls everywhere, aren't overrun with "undesirables", have more Churches than liquor outlets, pawn shops and nail salons, and FFS, have good schools (even if you are single).

Just pick up, and fucking move.