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busterbrown

(8,515 posts) Mon Oct 22, 2018, 01:05 PM Oct 2018

Living in Los Angeles and If You make 50 G a Year? [View all]

Your net is $40,000...after Taxes small 1 bedroom $1,700.

$38,000 left net.. and you have not bought a bit of food.. No Gas, Car Payments, Insurance, etc.

Your net/net perhaps 25 grand.. Poverty level in L.A.

This why people have been leaving L.A. in mass.

Yesterday a ton of APT FOR RENT signs all over the place.

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Living in Los Angeles and If You make 50 G a Year? [View all] busterbrown Oct 2018 OP

The apartment is $24400. Beakybird Oct 2018 #1

Your Funny... busterbrown Oct 2018 #3

? yortsed snacilbuper Oct 2018 #4

Rework yours. It's $20,400. brush Oct 2018 #10

It's possible that they have finally overdone it with the rents. The_Casual_Observer Oct 2018 #2

I live in East Los Angeles highmindedhavi Oct 2018 #5

Yep .... busterbrown Oct 2018 #9

"$38,000 left net.." Only if you only live in it for a little over a month. WillowTree Oct 2018 #6

Don't older apartment buildings (I think its older than 1978 or thereabouts?) Hawaii Hiker Oct 2018 #7

Correct! busterbrown Oct 2018 #8

also people are renting out bedroom for more than 1000/month highmindedhavi Oct 2018 #11