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Ready for a good laugh? I hope so, because a chart created by a a web site named “Financial Samurai” claims to show how a family of four living in Manhattan can barely make ends meet on $500K a year.
Now I read the “About” page on this web site, just to see if it was some kind of parody site, and I think it’s actually legit. Well, as legit as a site that claims a family making $500K a year is “scraping by” can be.
I must not be alone in thinking that this site was being serious because a whole bunch of people on Twitter picked up on the article and well, like me they pretty must choked when they saw it.
https://twitter.com/ReformedBroker/status/845251220038193152
https://twitter.com/rubybrunton/status/845315547248123904
https://twitter.com/DJPaMCMa/status/845327354415251456
https://twitter.com/thetrudz/status/845330063109304321
https://twitter.com/PostCultRev/status/845299076228800512
https://twitter.com/Cato_of_Utica/status/845290044168589312
And even ignoring 401k, $7300 left over + 18k to charity is $25k a year = 50% of average household income.
— Morgan Housel (@morganhousel) March 24, 2017
https://twitter.com/ThatSabineGirl/status/845302186741501952
https://twitter.com/aexia/status/845285914729496576
wait a sec, are you trying to tell me that even if you have a large income, if you spend it all it's gone?
— Phil (@phil1) March 24, 2017
The two cars for people who live in Manhattan seems the weirdest thing.
— Johnny Normality (Even More Still Spooky Mode) (@Probgoblin) March 24, 2017
https://twitter.com/Hanksingle/status/845307792026210310
https://twitter.com/ParmB/status/845283322607652865
https://twitter.com/jeradf741/status/845261767928352769
https://twitter.com/HaverOfOpinions/status/845288502971510789
Why a couple earning $500,000 a year can still find it hard to get by pic.twitter.com/6s10MTRLfx
— Dan Amira (@DanAmira) March 24, 2017
https://twitter.com/celebrityhottub/status/845288241221775360
H/T Some eCards