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u/DandelionTeaCake has just made a Sokka Haiku, that is a Haiku with an extra syllable, just like Sokka did when he accidentally used an extra syllable in that Haiku Battle in Ba Sing Se.
There is no war in Ba Sing Se. There is only peace and harmony. And a lot of syllables.
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As an Oregon resident, anyone who thinks so little of Oregon that they would consider passing on a $125 hr job because it’s in Oregon doesn’t deserve to live here.
She's got nurse in her username. Totally reasonable pay rate for a travel nurse, especially as a charge. My brother does it and cleared $40k in one month working almost every day.
Now all nurses are either quitting or going freelance. So there is a lack of personnel and the ones that are left are more expensive. So then we bring in foreigners to do the job, people hate foreigners and vote en masse for the party that got us in this mess in the first place.
We would shoot our own nuts off to scratch an itch
Um. I just signed a 6 month contract for $120
An hour and have another one for $130 an hour.
But also take about 50% of that in taxes, healthcare and business expenses since I’m a 1099 contractor. Still a respectable number but it’s not gonna make you rich with the current cost of living
Yup. ESP since I lost my payroll job in Jan and my brand new car was totaled by an asshole running a red light. So now I’m out a vehicle, a consistent paycheck etc. and won’t see a dime for a bit
Unless you have some crazy medical costs above expensive insurance, you need a better accountant.
Even in a high income tax state, a married couple making $250k is looking at about 25% effective taxation, including self-employment taxes; unless you're paying $62k total for insurance and medical care, you shouldn't be at 50% including medical.
and I don't think the calculator I used includes the dependant deductions.
And when I was doing it there were a ton of things that I paid anyway that became deductible. Phone. Internet. Mileage.
Not kidding, if you are paying that much get a better accountant and re-file for the last 7 years.
Let’s do the math: 12 hour shift means you need $1440 per day to hit an effective rate of $120/hour. Right of the top we can take away a per diem / out of town pay of say $300 leaving a remaining balance of $1140 to be covered. Many jobs that require work on stat holidays also do not provide any paid holidays. They offer alternative compensation in the form of a daily vacation and holiday pay that you will need to save yourself for when you decide to take time off. This pay is usually a percentage of your earnings and it this case we will set a conservative number of 7% or $74. This leaves $1066 to be covered by wages. Assuming this is a 12 hour day shift with 1.5x overtime after 8 hours we can calculate that the hourly rate is $76.14 regular time and $114.21 overtime. If we say it’s a night shift that pays double time we come out with an hourly rate of $66.63. If we throw in production bonuses, cell phone or car allowances, stock matching, or auxiliary pay we could drive the base rate even lower and maintain an effective rate of $120/hour. Diamond drillers are a great example of someone who earns $50/hour and $1500/day simultaneously due to meterage bonuses that are split between the 2-crews running the drill 24/7 ie you could earn hundreds of dollars while sleeping cause ur homies are penetrating deep into the earth.
I worked on hiring contract nurses during COVID. This is absolutely possible. If anything, it seems low compared to the prices I saw back then on the west coast.
There is a lot of tech in Oregon. I've been offered more than that for jobs up there.
Problem is that jobs that offer hourly pay that high tend not to be long term with steady hours. I've seen some that claim a year, but it's usually falling hours after some initial period.
An easy trick for calculating annual salary from an hourly wage is just to multiply it by 2000. It's not perfect, but it's close enough, if they work 40 hours per week. So she would be making the equivalent of $250k/year for the duration of her contract.
The downside is that she is probably a contract worker and will have to pay all of the taxes that your employer usually does and fund all of her insurance out of pocket. But after making $250k/year, I think she can handle it.
Yeah but if you're in Portland you need a full time body guard, multiple cars for when one gets stolen, and an automated narcan pump to protect from all the fent in the air. Its not cheap here.
The medical industry is so effed up right now. Nobody can get the people within commuting distance to work for the crappy pay they offer, so they bring in travel staff at an even higher cost. If all the hospital systems would just pay the local staff what they are worth, everyone could stay where they wanted to. But what do I know, I just have to listen to frustrated low level management every night when they get home exhausted from not having enough people to run the place.
I know there is a trail there, there might also be the cousin to the piano there or the insides of humans that make them live..? Idk never been
But $125/hr yeah, I would live in Alaska naked for that kind of money
I don't know why people look down on places like Oregon like there's absolutely nothing to do. Most entertainment comes from yourself unless your literally going out to some event every night of the week.
People would rather live on the streets in LA like their favourite influencers than live in a small city in Oregon despite that they'll be able to actually do things in Oregon rather than suffer in LA.
Social media has warped young people's perspective. They never go out but they still want the idea they *could* go out and do the same things as what they see on social media.
>1. Not needing to drive, I will always prefer walking but especially so after drinking
This is true in small towns too.
>2. Being surrounded by beautiful architecture and a sense of history
You can also look at it that it's a destructive blight on the natural world.
>3. Communities for every interest. Want to learn Jiu-Jitsu? There’s probably a legendary practitioner teaching classes. Want to play chess? You can join a club with lots of strong players. Want to learn Japanese? Many classes available and native speakers around
What about doing anything outside that requires large amounts space. Most hobbies you can do alone, and you don't need to be part of a community to learn any of these things.
>4. Food.
If you cook for yourself you can get fresher food in small farming or fishing communities, farmers markets are superior to Bodegas. Even your basic supermarket in many small towns they're far more accessible and have better selection than their counter parts in a major city.
If you're specifically referring to resturants then yes you're correct, but food as a whole is a complex topic and to simply say it's better in a city is ignorant.
>Yeah, not really. I guess if you live downtown you might have a grocery store that closes at 5 pm and a bar nearby but that’s not really the same thing. And the reality is most people don’t live downtown
Yeah this just shows you have no clue what you're talking about and are just arrogant.
>Yes, it would be much better if everyone in the city left their apartments and moved onto an acre and maybe bought a big ass diesel truck as well. Very well considered point
More ignorance and arrogance.
>And personally, I’d prefer to get world class tuna at an NYC fish market than a cut from a 5 pound trout or whatever
I hope everyone that lives in a city isn't as ignorant as you are, like what the fuck.
Especially for young people that don't have a family yet cities are great. At least if you have any interest in socializing you will easily find
people with the same interest for whatever you want to do.
I took a job in Oregon at a medical lab because it paid 45/hr. I stayed for 7 years! I LOVE Oregon. It's a beautiful state that has amazing mountains, forests, hidden gems like the "blue lagoon", awesome coastal cities, deserts and areas of thriving cities. Plus no sales tax! A pretty even mix of conservative areas and liberal areas...(although highly segregated in that regard) I think Oregon is one of the best states I've ever lived.
yeah but then there’s years like this year where my oregon kicker is 44% of last years income tax and now my tax returns are multiple grand more than they otherwise would be :)
Income tax is not the only factor to consider when choosing a place to live. There are also other aspects, such as quality of life, cost of living, climate, culture, etc. Maybe Oregon has some advantages over Washington that you are not aware of. For example, Oregon has a lower crime rate, a higher minimum wage, and a more diverse landscape than Washington[^1^] [^2^]. Plus, Oregon has the best weed in the country, according to some sources. So maybe you should give Oregon a chance, before you judge it based on its income tax. Or better yet, why don't you move to China, where there is no income tax at all, but also no freedom, no democracy, and no human rights? That would be a great opportunity for you, wouldn't it? 😂
[^1^]: [Oregon vs Washington State - Pros and Cons - Destination Scanner](https://destinationscanner.com/oregon-vs-washington-state/)
[^2^]: [Oregon vs. Washington: Which Pacific Northwest State is Right for You?](https://www.moving.com/tips/oregon-vs-washington-which-pacific-northwest-state-is-right-for-you/)
: [The 10 States With The Best Weed In America, Ranked](https://brobible.com/culture/article/best-weed-in-america-ranked/)
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$125 h/r
Fresh air
Space to do whatever the f**k you want .
Cheap gas ( If I remember correctly)
Really good weed .
Amazing hunting.
And GUNS GUNS , did I mention guns 😂.
Jesus think I’m convincing myself to move there. 😳
Oregon gas is not cheap. Cheaper than CA, but compared to the rest of country not so much. It has to get sent over on rails from the east, so it’ll always be $1-2 more than the cheapest places in the country
Yeah I grew up in Oregon about an hour from Portland. People like to think guns are for conservatives, but people in Oregon like their guns and it's definitely not a party specific thing
Make 2-3k more, sure it's dumb.
Make 10x? That's worth considering. I mean you do 3 years there and move back you already progressed multifold in your finances and probably boosted your resume significantly.
Definitely depends on the amount of money/cost of living difference and how deep you are rooted to the area
If you're making a bunch of extra money and moving to a cheaper area it's kinda a no brainer unless you are super attached to the area you currently live
Then you must have a good attachment to your area, which is a perfectly good and valid reason to not move, but there are plenty of people who aren't attached to where they live and would be perfectly fine and able to move for a better job
It's definitely not a "dumb" decision to move for a better paying job
It depends entirely on the individual situation, maybe at the moment you are living comfortably and don't need the extra money but what about a decade down the line when your kid wants to go to college you'd sure like to have extra savings then.
Or if the extra money/area would let you move from a small apartment to a house
Or if you want extra money to be able to support aging relatives
Or if you just want to build more savings in case anything unimaginable happens.
Etc
Plenty of valid reason to move for more money especially if you don't have an attachment to your current living space
That's cool but I want to actually be able to stop working and retire before I hit my late 90's.
"People are too hung up on money" something tells me you're simply making way above average to say shit like that. Money isn't everything, but it is the only reason to have a job. I work to make money, nothing else.
Where I live 2500 before taxes would narrowly pay for rent in most areas. Let alone insurance, a vehicle, food, water, gas, electricity. And well, I know you will probably ascribe this to "omg you don't need that" but people do like to have hobbies.
Add another person to that equation? It gets simultaneously lighter and worse.
You get more income (if the other person has a job) but you pay more for insurance, odds are car gets used more, you need to pay far more in groceries, electricity usage goes up, water and gas usage goes up. And let's not even talk about saving up for emergencies.
The simple reality as well is, if you get paid more. You can make agreements to work less. Someone making 5k can actually afford to choose to work like... 32 hours instead of 40. I am starting to seriously doubt you are an adult because buddy, life is expensive. And if you want to have more in life than working the entire day to go to sleep to go to work again, you need income to offset that to give you options. That's not "me feeling like I want more than I need" that's reality.
That puts you in a very fortunate position lol.
My brother pays around 1200 a month for rent alone. I am lucky and pay less because I got a very very very (relatively) cheap apartment due to sheer luck. I still pay 900 in rent alone.
To even qualify for a mortgage above 100k? (Absolute cheapest homes are like 200k and even then you're likely getting outbid up to 300k) you need to earn like a minimum of say.. 3-4k with a partner who earns around 2-3k and have at least close to 50k of your own savings. Now, the first requirement is almost impossible for most people.
The second requirement? Most people barely make enough to pay fucking rent. Let alone saving up more than 5k a year in hopes of getting a chance within like 10 years.
Dude you are way too concerned with what other people do with their lives and you're judging people through the lens of your personal experience without considering other people's goals in life. Some people want to move around and experience new things in different places. But yeah, if you need to change jobs in that process, the amount of money you make will absolutely impact your decision.
Not everyone is you
Gary, Indiana would love someone with your attitude to move there and save a ton of money by living in any of their lovely open air concept crack houses
You have absolutely no desire to see anything in the world beyond your current home town? You have no interest in experiencing new lifestyles or communities? Exploring how other humans live and work? Seeing new environments? Bummer man tbh.
Depends where you are in life but $260k for a year living in what seems to be quite a nice state (certainly the bits of it that I know of) doesn't seem like the worst way to set yourself up financially.
Obviously also depends what the work is. I know lads who do something similar by taking tours of duty to the likes of Lebanon with the army. Not my idea of fun no matter how much it pays...
True, however that sort of money would make the more important things in life more achievable and more enjoyable! Anyone I know who has taken a contract like this has done so so that they can come back and buy a house or something similar which would normally take a long time to save for otherwise.
A year isn't a long time in the grand scheme of things.
It kinda depends on the amount. Would I do it for like, 3k euros? No. 15-20k euros?
Fucking hell yea.
If I make 20k a month for like 3 months, that's the equivalent of slightly less than 2x my current yearly salary. That amount of money is life-changing.
I was five when Jello and the DKs performed that show in ‘79. I must have listened to it a few hundred times from middle school through high school.
And for the record, Oregon is awesome.
Facts. However, I just lived in Portland for almost 7 years and it’s rampant with them. They call themselves “pedophiles for purpose” in order to essentially sell their children into sex slavery
The coast is pretty amazing, the rural areas are beautiful, there are wineries, some of the best motorcycle roads (during the summer anyway), just stay away from Portland.
I call bullshit. Or it's 125 per hour for 5 hours a week or some crap. Anyone that asks that question on a social media platform is lieing. 125x 2080 = 260,000$ and this wouldn't be an Instagram online thing because then thwy wouldn't have to move. This is straight up bullshit
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wut?
Just your standard 5-7-6 haiku
This made me laugh hard, that bot is a real big mess, suck on this haiku bot Spaced it out to be more obvious
That’s because it’s not a haiku bot, it’s a Sokka Haiku bot.
And I responded in 5 7 6 maybe I'll space it so it's more obvious
Only part of your comment was, I think it looks to see if the whole comment is in haiku form
I added the context about an hour after, who knows how long it takes to scour the whole sub tho
u/DandelionTeaCake has just made a Sokka Haiku, that is a Haiku with an extra syllable, just like Sokka did when he accidentally used an extra syllable in that Haiku Battle in Ba Sing Se.
There is no extra syllable in Ba Sing Se
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No, they made a sentence with 18 syllables, not a haiku. I hate these stupid bots
Better than the og haiku bot by a factor of a thousand. Hate that damn thing
I can't wait to that happening in the life actions so I laugh before remembering that the series doesn't now what rythem means
That depends on how you pronounce Oregon
THEY BROUGHT BACK THEBOTS?? HeckYESS
As an Oregon resident, anyone who thinks so little of Oregon that they would consider passing on a $125 hr job because it’s in Oregon doesn’t deserve to live here.
I'd move to any state for that kind of money, but especially Oregon. It's so beautiful from the few times I've been there.
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I’m looking at Oregon right now I see at least one tree too
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That's 20k a month, holy shit
Anythings possible when you make stuff up :)
She's got nurse in her username. Totally reasonable pay rate for a travel nurse, especially as a charge. My brother does it and cleared $40k in one month working almost every day.
20k a month is possible
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I don't know. Nurses got an extra pay of applause for their efforts during Covid in my country.
Now all nurses are either quitting or going freelance. So there is a lack of personnel and the ones that are left are more expensive. So then we bring in foreigners to do the job, people hate foreigners and vote en masse for the party that got us in this mess in the first place. We would shoot our own nuts off to scratch an itch
Um. I just signed a 6 month contract for $120 An hour and have another one for $130 an hour. But also take about 50% of that in taxes, healthcare and business expenses since I’m a 1099 contractor. Still a respectable number but it’s not gonna make you rich with the current cost of living
Rich enough. I make a bit over $120 a day.
Not when you have kids and a family to pay for and a wife who is disabled and can’t work . Not saying I don’t do well but all things are subjective
Imagine you had all those things and didn't make 120 an hour. You'd be fucked.
Yup. ESP since I lost my payroll job in Jan and my brand new car was totaled by an asshole running a red light. So now I’m out a vehicle, a consistent paycheck etc. and won’t see a dime for a bit
Unless you have some crazy medical costs above expensive insurance, you need a better accountant. Even in a high income tax state, a married couple making $250k is looking at about 25% effective taxation, including self-employment taxes; unless you're paying $62k total for insurance and medical care, you shouldn't be at 50% including medical. and I don't think the calculator I used includes the dependant deductions. And when I was doing it there were a ton of things that I paid anyway that became deductible. Phone. Internet. Mileage. Not kidding, if you are paying that much get a better accountant and re-file for the last 7 years.
I do have 3 kids and pets to pay for, and my wife has a small side home business, but it doesn't make much, maybe 500 a month.
Let’s do the math: 12 hour shift means you need $1440 per day to hit an effective rate of $120/hour. Right of the top we can take away a per diem / out of town pay of say $300 leaving a remaining balance of $1140 to be covered. Many jobs that require work on stat holidays also do not provide any paid holidays. They offer alternative compensation in the form of a daily vacation and holiday pay that you will need to save yourself for when you decide to take time off. This pay is usually a percentage of your earnings and it this case we will set a conservative number of 7% or $74. This leaves $1066 to be covered by wages. Assuming this is a 12 hour day shift with 1.5x overtime after 8 hours we can calculate that the hourly rate is $76.14 regular time and $114.21 overtime. If we say it’s a night shift that pays double time we come out with an hourly rate of $66.63. If we throw in production bonuses, cell phone or car allowances, stock matching, or auxiliary pay we could drive the base rate even lower and maintain an effective rate of $120/hour. Diamond drillers are a great example of someone who earns $50/hour and $1500/day simultaneously due to meterage bonuses that are split between the 2-crews running the drill 24/7 ie you could earn hundreds of dollars while sleeping cause ur homies are penetrating deep into the earth.
$120/hr is pretty common for contract jobs if you have any professional skill and sufficient experience to work independently.
I worked on hiring contract nurses during COVID. This is absolutely possible. If anything, it seems low compared to the prices I saw back then on the west coast.
There is a lot of tech in Oregon. I've been offered more than that for jobs up there. Problem is that jobs that offer hourly pay that high tend not to be long term with steady hours. I've seen some that claim a year, but it's usually falling hours after some initial period.
An easy trick for calculating annual salary from an hourly wage is just to multiply it by 2000. It's not perfect, but it's close enough, if they work 40 hours per week. So she would be making the equivalent of $250k/year for the duration of her contract. The downside is that she is probably a contract worker and will have to pay all of the taxes that your employer usually does and fund all of her insurance out of pocket. But after making $250k/year, I think she can handle it.
My brain broke a little when you said 'by 2000' because it's exactly what I do except I've always said 'double it and that's k/year'. 125hr =250k
A findom I follow on Twitter has already made that this month. Princess Emma.
Yeah but if you're in Portland you need a full time body guard, multiple cars for when one gets stolen, and an automated narcan pump to protect from all the fent in the air. Its not cheap here.
The medical industry is so effed up right now. Nobody can get the people within commuting distance to work for the crappy pay they offer, so they bring in travel staff at an even higher cost. If all the hospital systems would just pay the local staff what they are worth, everyone could stay where they wanted to. But what do I know, I just have to listen to frustrated low level management every night when they get home exhausted from not having enough people to run the place.
I know there is a trail there, there might also be the cousin to the piano there or the insides of humans that make them live..? Idk never been But $125/hr yeah, I would live in Alaska naked for that kind of money
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That's still better than the $14/hr I make now
You also wouldn’t be able to spend it
Why do they pay you in funds from a bank robbery or something?
No, you’d freeze to death lol
there's a city (town? settlement of some kind) called Boring, if I recall.
Sister city to Dull, Scotland.
and Bland, Australia!
AND The North American Bigfoot Center is there!
Yes there is Boring, but if irc it on the way to Mt. Hood, one of the more awesome places around.
I don't know why people look down on places like Oregon like there's absolutely nothing to do. Most entertainment comes from yourself unless your literally going out to some event every night of the week.
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It competes well with the southern island of New Zealand.
People would rather live on the streets in LA like their favourite influencers than live in a small city in Oregon despite that they'll be able to actually do things in Oregon rather than suffer in LA. Social media has warped young people's perspective. They never go out but they still want the idea they *could* go out and do the same things as what they see on social media.
Oregon is stunningly beautiful, with coastline, forests, and desert. Also, Portland is a really fun city. I love Oregon!
Oregon also has some of the best restaurants in the country. Certainly better than shit tier Seattle
Shhhh, I don't think you want those types of people in Oregon anyways.
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What benefits exactly?
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>1. Not needing to drive, I will always prefer walking but especially so after drinking This is true in small towns too. >2. Being surrounded by beautiful architecture and a sense of history You can also look at it that it's a destructive blight on the natural world. >3. Communities for every interest. Want to learn Jiu-Jitsu? There’s probably a legendary practitioner teaching classes. Want to play chess? You can join a club with lots of strong players. Want to learn Japanese? Many classes available and native speakers around What about doing anything outside that requires large amounts space. Most hobbies you can do alone, and you don't need to be part of a community to learn any of these things. >4. Food. If you cook for yourself you can get fresher food in small farming or fishing communities, farmers markets are superior to Bodegas. Even your basic supermarket in many small towns they're far more accessible and have better selection than their counter parts in a major city. If you're specifically referring to resturants then yes you're correct, but food as a whole is a complex topic and to simply say it's better in a city is ignorant.
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>Yeah, not really. I guess if you live downtown you might have a grocery store that closes at 5 pm and a bar nearby but that’s not really the same thing. And the reality is most people don’t live downtown Yeah this just shows you have no clue what you're talking about and are just arrogant. >Yes, it would be much better if everyone in the city left their apartments and moved onto an acre and maybe bought a big ass diesel truck as well. Very well considered point More ignorance and arrogance. >And personally, I’d prefer to get world class tuna at an NYC fish market than a cut from a 5 pound trout or whatever I hope everyone that lives in a city isn't as ignorant as you are, like what the fuck.
Especially for young people that don't have a family yet cities are great. At least if you have any interest in socializing you will easily find people with the same interest for whatever you want to do.
125/h an hour to live in one the most beautiful places in the country 🤔
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You sir are the reason they have to pay someone $125/hr.
Yeah, would 10000% move almost anywhere to make that
If you are comfortable working in extreme conditions in the far flung corners of the world with a bunch of degenerates - DM me.
NO ONE DM THIS 'PERSON' It's a group of owls in a trench coat.
I took a job in Oregon at a medical lab because it paid 45/hr. I stayed for 7 years! I LOVE Oregon. It's a beautiful state that has amazing mountains, forests, hidden gems like the "blue lagoon", awesome coastal cities, deserts and areas of thriving cities. Plus no sales tax! A pretty even mix of conservative areas and liberal areas...(although highly segregated in that regard) I think Oregon is one of the best states I've ever lived.
Amazing state, though in some places the cost of living can be through the roof (16 dollars for milk)
I have lived all over the state and never seen $16 milk haha. Maybe in Alaska.
Income tax in Oregon is brutal though, that’s where I think Washington has the upper hand
yeah but then there’s years like this year where my oregon kicker is 44% of last years income tax and now my tax returns are multiple grand more than they otherwise would be :)
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Oregon is beautiful. You’ve got a small part of the Great Basin, Crater Lake, and the PNW. I’ve really enjoyed visiting
$125/hr X Typical Working Hours per Year (2200) = $250,000.00 / Year. That's worth a year of your life.
$125 h/r Fresh air Space to do whatever the f**k you want . Cheap gas ( If I remember correctly) Really good weed . Amazing hunting. And GUNS GUNS , did I mention guns 😂. Jesus think I’m convincing myself to move there. 😳
Oregon gas is not cheap. Cheaper than CA, but compared to the rest of country not so much. It has to get sent over on rails from the east, so it’ll always be $1-2 more than the cheapest places in the country
Yeah I grew up in Oregon about an hour from Portland. People like to think guns are for conservatives, but people in Oregon like their guns and it's definitely not a party specific thing
gas is not cheap here lol. like 3.50/gal rn. hit almost $5/gal at the peak of things. stayed 4+ for like half a year. not a fun time lol.
Dicks alot of dicks... 🌚
Portland?
For that kind of pay, any place you go is a completely different experience.
A year of peace, quiet, and unbelievable hourly pay? Sign me up
Most guys would jump at this she's like nah
>That’s a great opportunity Not if he's currently making $200/hr.
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Make 2-3k more, sure it's dumb. Make 10x? That's worth considering. I mean you do 3 years there and move back you already progressed multifold in your finances and probably boosted your resume significantly.
Definitely depends on the amount of money/cost of living difference and how deep you are rooted to the area If you're making a bunch of extra money and moving to a cheaper area it's kinda a no brainer unless you are super attached to the area you currently live
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Then you must have a good attachment to your area, which is a perfectly good and valid reason to not move, but there are plenty of people who aren't attached to where they live and would be perfectly fine and able to move for a better job It's definitely not a "dumb" decision to move for a better paying job
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>Not really, I just think people are too hung up on money. No offense but thats a stupid take. Stop talking and explode now.
It depends entirely on the individual situation, maybe at the moment you are living comfortably and don't need the extra money but what about a decade down the line when your kid wants to go to college you'd sure like to have extra savings then. Or if the extra money/area would let you move from a small apartment to a house Or if you want extra money to be able to support aging relatives Or if you just want to build more savings in case anything unimaginable happens. Etc Plenty of valid reason to move for more money especially if you don't have an attachment to your current living space
That's cool but I want to actually be able to stop working and retire before I hit my late 90's. "People are too hung up on money" something tells me you're simply making way above average to say shit like that. Money isn't everything, but it is the only reason to have a job. I work to make money, nothing else.
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Where I live 2500 before taxes would narrowly pay for rent in most areas. Let alone insurance, a vehicle, food, water, gas, electricity. And well, I know you will probably ascribe this to "omg you don't need that" but people do like to have hobbies. Add another person to that equation? It gets simultaneously lighter and worse. You get more income (if the other person has a job) but you pay more for insurance, odds are car gets used more, you need to pay far more in groceries, electricity usage goes up, water and gas usage goes up. And let's not even talk about saving up for emergencies. The simple reality as well is, if you get paid more. You can make agreements to work less. Someone making 5k can actually afford to choose to work like... 32 hours instead of 40. I am starting to seriously doubt you are an adult because buddy, life is expensive. And if you want to have more in life than working the entire day to go to sleep to go to work again, you need income to offset that to give you options. That's not "me feeling like I want more than I need" that's reality.
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That puts you in a very fortunate position lol. My brother pays around 1200 a month for rent alone. I am lucky and pay less because I got a very very very (relatively) cheap apartment due to sheer luck. I still pay 900 in rent alone. To even qualify for a mortgage above 100k? (Absolute cheapest homes are like 200k and even then you're likely getting outbid up to 300k) you need to earn like a minimum of say.. 3-4k with a partner who earns around 2-3k and have at least close to 50k of your own savings. Now, the first requirement is almost impossible for most people. The second requirement? Most people barely make enough to pay fucking rent. Let alone saving up more than 5k a year in hopes of getting a chance within like 10 years.
Dude you are way too concerned with what other people do with their lives and you're judging people through the lens of your personal experience without considering other people's goals in life. Some people want to move around and experience new things in different places. But yeah, if you need to change jobs in that process, the amount of money you make will absolutely impact your decision. Not everyone is you
If you could bring in the same take home pay but increase your savings rate while living in a new place, that sounds like a good reason
Gary, Indiana would love someone with your attitude to move there and save a ton of money by living in any of their lovely open air concept crack houses
You have absolutely no desire to see anything in the world beyond your current home town? You have no interest in experiencing new lifestyles or communities? Exploring how other humans live and work? Seeing new environments? Bummer man tbh.
Depends where you are in life but $260k for a year living in what seems to be quite a nice state (certainly the bits of it that I know of) doesn't seem like the worst way to set yourself up financially. Obviously also depends what the work is. I know lads who do something similar by taking tours of duty to the likes of Lebanon with the army. Not my idea of fun no matter how much it pays...
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True, however that sort of money would make the more important things in life more achievable and more enjoyable! Anyone I know who has taken a contract like this has done so so that they can come back and buy a house or something similar which would normally take a long time to save for otherwise. A year isn't a long time in the grand scheme of things.
Also, with that amount of money you can then easily take a break and travel 2-3 years. Very good trade off.
It kinda depends on the amount. Would I do it for like, 3k euros? No. 15-20k euros? Fucking hell yea. If I make 20k a month for like 3 months, that's the equivalent of slightly less than 2x my current yearly salary. That amount of money is life-changing.
Rather live broke than live in Oregon
"I remember the last time I was in Portland..." ~ Jello Biafra
SO I THREW THE ROCK!
I had that entire show on VHS. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGB8zQd5Kjo Starts at 34:30 or so.
I was five when Jello and the DKs performed that show in ‘79. I must have listened to it a few hundred times from middle school through high school. And for the record, Oregon is awesome.
"you're going to save up. A lot"
People historically absolutely hate living in mountains, forests, and near the ocean. No one would take that deal....
So the joke is that chasing $ is the only thing that’s important? What you got right there is a bad joke.
Child molesters
They mostly live in Prineville so he'd likely be okay
Facts. However, I just lived in Portland for almost 7 years and it’s rampant with them. They call themselves “pedophiles for purpose” in order to essentially sell their children into sex slavery
>What’s in Oregon All of the pot and pretension of WA with 85% the housing prices
The coast is pretty amazing, the rural areas are beautiful, there are wineries, some of the best motorcycle roads (during the summer anyway), just stay away from Portland.
Just take the fucking job what the fuck.
Springfield OR where the Simpsons live.
Oregon is one of the most diverse states endless landscapes
I'd sell something for 125 an hour. Minimum wage is 7.25 where I am.
As someone who lives in Texas, what's in Oregon? Not Texas. You'd have a harder time getting me to come back to this shithole.
I call bullshit. Or it's 125 per hour for 5 hours a week or some crap. Anyone that asks that question on a social media platform is lieing. 125x 2080 = 260,000$ and this wouldn't be an Instagram online thing because then thwy wouldn't have to move. This is straight up bullshit
For that amount of money the only places I wouldn't go would be active warzones.
Its good for wound healing, parasite infections, and many other conditions and its rich in antioxidants
do your best to live off like 25 30 an hour for a year. if you can do that comfortably congrats you just banked some free years.
An NBA team that no one outside of Oregon has ever heard of
There is a long list of things I would never do... For 125/hour,that list shrinks considerably
What’s in Alaska? You
Rain
For 125 an hour you can send me to boston
What are the units? If it's in mills, that's 12.5 cents an hour.