Rent vs Salary
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- Mick
It's always hard to compare salary's when everyone lives in different cities/countries...
So how much of your salary per month do you spend on rent (or mortgage) where you live?
Sydney AU
37% of my salary goes to rent
- toe-knee0
22% bondi sydney au
- leftwave0
53%... only in hawaii!
- buddylee0
17% -- renting a house in Chandler, AZ
- Point50
36% over here in Las Vegas. I never realized that until you pointed it out. Man that sucks. I need to get a roomate.
- beagle0
120%
- versa0
leftwave - here's an idea somewhat related to rent and homes
we work out some sort of time- share where you get to come to Colorado and ski/snowboard
and i? get to come to hawaii and surf and feel some sunwe could just trade for like a week or two ...
*i'm actually serious*
i've thought about trying to organize this sort of thing on NT before, since so many of us of from all over
- Chip0
25% Tokyo. Mortgage.
- leftwave0
versa,
i'm totally in! snowboarding is my second love in life after surfing. i'm in the middle of remodeling my house right now, but would love to do a house swap later on when we're done. where in colorado do you live? how far from the ski resorts? keep in touch.
- abstrakt0
16% of my salary goes towards rent. I live in Los Angeles.
- twooh0
its hard to judge, being that i'm a freelancer. i'd say around 35-40% living in NYC.
damn. that doesn't feel good at all.
id totally be down with swapping places though.
anyone want a killer rooftop view?
- Nematoth0
Kuala Lumpur
3%
wow.. seems I am in the minority here.. great standard of living over here though.. it has to be said..
- tank0
20 % here in antwerp
- ********0
20% in Edinburgh
- karlo0
26% in Wimbledon, London
A girl at work who earns same as me pays 56% to live in Farringdon, EC1
Nice flat but if you aint got the cash to go out and take birds back to show it off... Whats the point!
- delilah0
28% in Newcastle
- karlo0
WTF?? Where at - Jesmond??
- delilah0
no, not even close!
mortgage, mind, not rent...
- JamesEngage0
about a quarter to 25 percent
- ********0
about a third.
- nessdog0
Just under a third of my income goes on rent- Holmfirth village, Yorkshire. (no bills).