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<blockquote data-quote="John19841" data-source="post: 367757" data-attributes="member: 10939"><p>Let's try this one more time. </p><p></p><p>I'm enjoying this thread; I really am. Different responses than I anticipated. </p><p></p><p>Anyway, I would love to live in the midwest area somewhere where homes are cheap, land is abundant, etc. But...I don't. Family, friends, UPS, etc. all make getting up and relocating impossible. I lived in Northern Maine for a couple of years, and let me tell you, what a change in lifestyle. So laid back. Anyway, $10 an hour was a good wage for the area. with rents available for $250/month and houses starting at 30K. Everything else (gas, utilities, groceries, etc.) was the same price, but housing is where the savings is at. I can only imagine being a driver there. For $100k you could literally buy a 3000 sq ft house (If you could find one) with 10 acres of land. </p><p></p><p>I am not complaining about being at the same pay level of every one else in the country. My main gripe is with the COLA raises. The rates are already different all over the country, but no one complains that a driver in one are makes $.10 more than a driver in another. Why? Because it's minuscule. I'm just saying that it should be more realistic. </p><p></p><p>I am really hoping that the current housing market decline will help bring things in some areas to a more realistic level. Home prices have been rising at a ridiculous rate over the last 20 or so years around here, and it's about time they start to become affordable again. Buying a house for $29.5K in 1987 and selling it for 379K in 2005 is just ludicrous.</p><p></p><p>But anyway, I'm hoping to hear a response from some others in expensive areas...<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/whiteflag.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":whiteflag:" title="Whiteflag :whiteflag:" data-shortname=":whiteflag:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John19841, post: 367757, member: 10939"] Let's try this one more time. I'm enjoying this thread; I really am. Different responses than I anticipated. Anyway, I would love to live in the midwest area somewhere where homes are cheap, land is abundant, etc. But...I don't. Family, friends, UPS, etc. all make getting up and relocating impossible. I lived in Northern Maine for a couple of years, and let me tell you, what a change in lifestyle. So laid back. Anyway, $10 an hour was a good wage for the area. with rents available for $250/month and houses starting at 30K. Everything else (gas, utilities, groceries, etc.) was the same price, but housing is where the savings is at. I can only imagine being a driver there. For $100k you could literally buy a 3000 sq ft house (If you could find one) with 10 acres of land. I am not complaining about being at the same pay level of every one else in the country. My main gripe is with the COLA raises. The rates are already different all over the country, but no one complains that a driver in one are makes $.10 more than a driver in another. Why? Because it's minuscule. I'm just saying that it should be more realistic. I am really hoping that the current housing market decline will help bring things in some areas to a more realistic level. Home prices have been rising at a ridiculous rate over the last 20 or so years around here, and it's about time they start to become affordable again. Buying a house for $29.5K in 1987 and selling it for 379K in 2005 is just ludicrous. But anyway, I'm hoping to hear a response from some others in expensive areas...:whiteflag: [/QUOTE]
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