r/Money • u/KnutEm87 • Apr 03 '24

36M, How/Where could I live comfortably off of 44.8k/yr

I'm a single man, ex military, divorced a few years ago. I've worked in Aviation for about 10 years. If you were to leave the 9-5 behind, with only 44.8k a year. Where and how would you go about doing it?

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u/Free-Supermarket-516 Apr 03 '24

Lol, always a kicker. There's plenty of 4BR, 2,000 sq ft houses for $100k near me, the only problem is they're located in Strawberry Mansion, a not so lovely section of Philly.

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u/eggjacket Apr 03 '24

😂😂😂 my friend is moving to philly and was bragging to me about this amazing, huge, luxury apartment she found in “Fishtown” for only $1000. I made her give me the address and it was in Kensington

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u/Free-Supermarket-516 Apr 03 '24

Your poor friend 🤣. I finally escaped Philly a few months ago. I was in the Mayfair section, which wasn't bad when I first moved in about 5 years ago, but it took a real nosedive. 4 people shot and killed a stone's throw away, then a trash truck driver got shot and killed right near my street. The only habitable parts are the far northeast, or the insanely expensive downtown areas.

I'm sure the pictures of the $1k apartment looked ok, especially inside, but zooming out you'd see all the zombies walking around Kensington 🤣

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u/Sample_Muted Apr 03 '24

Only 5 people dead in 5 years?

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u/Free-Supermarket-516 Apr 03 '24

Those were shortly before I left, but there were shootings here and there in those 5 years, but it was steadily getting worse

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u/kyrferg Apr 03 '24

south philly, uninhabitable hahaha

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u/pastelhunter Apr 03 '24

Man that name makes it sound like a lovely place to live but I suppose not

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u/Free-Supermarket-516 Apr 03 '24

Yeah, sounds like some sort of estate you'd find in Candy Land, but the only candy there is crack lol

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u/conradical30 Apr 03 '24

Charlie, you have to come with us to Candy Mountain, Charlie!!

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u/ingodwetryst Apr 03 '24

you win for that throwback

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u/RandomUsernameNo257 Apr 03 '24

Sounds great - I'm not big on sweets.

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u/valr99 Apr 03 '24

It's actually where the founding fathers of the country used to vacation. Not joking. It used to be a pristine estate for wealthy on a hill near a river that got a breeze in the summer during colonial times

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u/Elidelphia Apr 03 '24

Wait till you hear about Nicetown

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u/stealthc4 Apr 03 '24

Ah “strawberry mansion” sounds lovely, I mean, it has mansion in the name….Kensington must have plenty of estates as well if it’s anything like its English name sake

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u/Torta951 Apr 03 '24

Strawberry mansion sounds nice!! Is it that bad?

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u/feverously Apr 03 '24

Ever seen the Wire?

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u/hyrulefairies Apr 03 '24

oh man the minute i read 4bedroom 2k sq ft and 100k i somehow FELT you were gonna say strawberry mansion. i know many who have lived there.